Reacción a "Reactions to Catalonia's proposal to ban smoking on bar terraces"

I believe that it is essential and necessary to advance in measures for the prevention and control of smoking, and one of the necessary measures is to extend smoke-free spaces, as it has been seen that they not only serve to protect the population from exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, but also to encourage the denormalisation of its consumption. School environments are very sensitive points, both because of the exposure to tobacco smoke of a more vulnerable population such as children, and because of the negative impact that the visibility of tobacco consumption has on them, as it favours the normalisation of this unhealthy behaviour.  

On the other hand, studies carried out in Spain show that in certain terraces (those partially or totally closed) the levels of environmental tobacco smoke concentration are comparable to those found inside bars when smoking was allowed. And even in fully open terraces, these levels of exposure to tobacco are high in certain circumstances. This leaves a sector of the population such as hospitality workers unprotected, as well as exposing vulnerable populations such as children, the elderly and pregnant women to tobacco smoke. The initiative is great, but it should be a necessity at the state level. There is a Comprehensive Plan to reform the Tobacco Law that we hope will not be forgotten because Catalonia's initiative should be a reality in the whole of Spain.