Egypt latest to suggest smoking ban

Smoking bans continue unabated around the world as governments and public pressure are forcing the cessation of smoking (usually form cigarettes) in public places.

On the global roster, we can now count Egypt in as a country that is considering the banning of smoking. This is a country where hookahs and other water-pipe smoking activities are very popular, and as expected, the smoking ban proposals there are receiving a lukewarm response.

76 millions Egyptians smoke every year, so it's understandable that a proposed smoking ban is causing a bit of a stink there. Large amounts of traffic and stress in Cairo have lead to large numbers of smokers there, even though the country's parliament recently passed laws banning tobacco advertising and smoking in some public places. Will it get larger in Egypt? Probably, to the chagrin of smokers.