• The only country in the world to have banned the sale and smoking of tobacco is Bhutan, since early 2005

• UK imposed a complete ban on smoking in enclosed public places in 2007. In September 2007, Japan Tobacco announced the closure of its cigar factory in Cardiff, Wales, because of a 50% fall in tobacco sales since 1999, which was further accelerated by the ban. The British Beer and Pub Association, representing breweries in the UK, has claimed beer sales are at their lowest level since the 1930s, attributing it to the smoking ban

• Smoking was banned in public indoor venues in Victoria, Australia, in 2007. A government study in Sydney, Australia, found that the proportion of the population attending pubs and clubs rose after the imposition of a ban on smoking in enclosed places

• Denmark, Estonia, Sweden, Netherlands and Romania are other countries which have banned smoking in enclosed public spaces