"A riot in Haarlem in 1690 which began as a protest against a civic Further Reformation measure, banning smoking in the city's streets and in boats on its canals, on pain of a 6 guilders fine, ended with working men shouting down the burgomasters' efforts to calm them with cries that they had no work."

Вот, борьба с курением в общественных местах уходит корнями в историю по крайней мере на 300 лет. Причем ворчали больше всего патентованные бездельники.