Many smokers and ex-smokers have a strong urge to smoke a cigarette after eating a meal. Sometimes the wish to smoke a cigarette depends of different meals (breakfast, lunch, or dinner) or the type of food the smoker eat (snack food, greasy, etc) can affect the smoking urges they have after a meal. Especially after quitting tobacco, ex-smokers expect to have cravings to smoke after meals. In a restaurant the urge to smoke is bigger when they smell cigarette smoke. That’s why a new legislation banned smoking in restaurants.

In general cigarette smoke is very irritated, but it is more annoyed especially when it enters into the nostrils of diners which try to enjoy a meal. But many of smokers are not agree that this is a good-enough reason for to ban smoking in restaurants. Most people, 60 percent or more, want cigarettes banned from restaurants. And while some legislators have bent to that sentiment, polls aren't the most decisive reason for a ban.

The real reason cigarette smoke is getting so much attention this year is that it is a health hazard. Two and a half years ago, the U.S. Surgeon General concluded that exposure to second hand smoke is harmful. Nonsmokers who breathe second hand smoke increase their risk of developing heart disease by 25 percent to 30 percent. They also are 20 percent to 30 percent more likely to be diagnosed with lung cancer.

Cigarette smoke is a danger to restaurant patrons and, most importantly, it is a danger to restaurant workers. Patrons can always spend their money at restaurants that serve dinners with a side order of fresh air. But waiters, cooks and barmen can’t have such a chance. Smoking ban in restaurant, should be a legislation with a major implications for public health and even smokers should take it in serious and not to violate it.