"Yes, Prime Minister" was made in 1986. We did, eventually, carry out all these policies and more.
Today the vast majority of the price of a cigarette is tax, about 80%; most forms of advertisement are prohibited; the packaging is required to explicitly tell you this is a bad idea (dominating the packaging, the brand name is relegated to small print since you are required to ask for the product by name so you must know what it is, displaying it is considered a form of advertising and no longer permitted in most retailers)...
We also prohibited smoking in workplaces, which includes bars and restaurants (since those are someone's workplace, even if not yours) with the notable exception of prisons (it's not as though prisoners could leave to smoke somewhere else) and oil platforms (again, it's not like you can just pop somewhere else for a smoke).
And despite this, a few people I know still smoke. The tax revenue is slowly falling though, fewer young people have decided to become addicted to cigarettes.
Today the vast majority of the price of a cigarette is tax, about 80%; most forms of advertisement are prohibited; the packaging is required to explicitly tell you this is a bad idea (dominating the packaging, the brand name is relegated to small print since you are required to ask for the product by name so you must know what it is, displaying it is considered a form of advertising and no longer permitted in most retailers)...
We also prohibited smoking in workplaces, which includes bars and restaurants (since those are someone's workplace, even if not yours) with the notable exception of prisons (it's not as though prisoners could leave to smoke somewhere else) and oil platforms (again, it's not like you can just pop somewhere else for a smoke).
And despite this, a few people I know still smoke. The tax revenue is slowly falling though, fewer young people have decided to become addicted to cigarettes.