Social engineering Attempts

Public Smoking bans- second hand smoke or Environmental tobacco smoke is a health threat to nearby non-smokers. Examples: smoking at amusement parks is banned accept for smoking in designated smoking areas, there is no smoking in public restaurants or bars anymore, even college campuses are trying to have designated areas for cigarette smokers.

Tobacco Taxes- Taxes were put on tobacco products such as cigarettes, cigars, hand-rolling tobacco, pipe tobacco and chewing tobacco.

Media Campaigns- Media campaigns have helped inspire anti smoking attitudes among the general public changing the social norms from largely positive and that its cool to smoke to strongly negative effect that tobacco smoking has on you which has  motivated people to quit.


     

Interventions- Interventions came about to reducing smoking.  Using social support and stress management classes to show people that it’s ok not to smoke.