Why does Germany still have such lax rules on smoking?

World No Tobacco Day (Weltnichtrauchertag) was created by the World Health Organisation in 1987 to focus on the tobacco epidemic and preventable death and disease. In Germany, smoking remains the most significant cause of premature mortality in industrialised nations, with 127,000 deaths each year. Despite declining smoking rates in recent decades, smoke-filled bars and clubs can surprise visitors from countries with long-standing indoor smoking bans. Germany’s anti-tobacco efforts began in the mid-1800s, expanded during the Weimar republic, and included Nazi-era posters in the 1930s to early 1940s amid inconsistent policy.

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