SCOTLAND AND BANNING OF SMOKING

Scotland And Banning Of Smoking



Scotland And Banning Of Smoking

Scotland took the decision of banning the smoking on 26th March 2006. Smoking was banned not only in public places of Scotland but also in restaurants and bars. The measure has enthusiasts, for whom this is a positive step in achieving a healthier life. Scotland has a separate legal system, is the UK's first territory to implement the smoking ban. Although it was identified in a survey that 21% of Scottish smokers did not plan to obey the law especially young people between 18 and 20 years are more willing to flout the ban.

Theory Of Externalities And The Ban Of Smoking

Scottish government decision related to the banning of smoking was much effected.

Less than two months after the ban on smoking in public places, the early health effects are spectacular. Professor Dautzenberg, president of the French Office for the Prevention of Smoking, said that based OSCOUR today showed a very significant reduction in admissions for myocardial infarction, and according to him an estimate for France between 11 and 19% about 15% in first approximation with data from the first half of February, although these results remained to be confirmed over time.

Cigarette factory has many negative externalities contributing to an inefficient environment. An externality is a situation in which the action of one economic agent affects, without that being the goal of the agent, on the situation of other staff, even though they are not involved: they were not consulted and have received (if the influence is negative) or paid (if positive) compensation. And the negative externalities denote situations where a player is disadvantaged by the action of others without them being compensated. Negative externalities of cigarette factory includes not only the smoke but also the stench and health risks that are produces by the smoke spewing factory and the cost is borne by the neighbors of that factory. Similarly when a cigarette is smoked in a public place, the cost that other non-smokers are bearing in a form of a polluted air and decrease in health of many people in surroundings is a form of a negative externality. Scottish government decision related to banning of smoking was desirable. Whereas I don't think there is any very positive externality of a cigarette as it occurs when an agent's actions increase the welfare of other agents in the economy.

Impact Of Smoking On The Scottish Economy

Anti-smoking group Ash Scotland, according to a report released due to smoking-related diseases and loss of productivity caused by smoking time the economy of Scotland assumed the loss of up to 11 billion pounds. NHS in Scotland every year about 271 million pounds to spend treating smoking-related diseases, and smoking breaks, absenteeism and loss of total production cost over 692 million pounds. In addition, the group also said that secondhand smoke deaths each year due to cost up to 6,000 million pounds. The report also noted that the Scottish taxpayer for the removal of ...