This description is about the anti-smoking movement, which is a global effort to reduce the prevalence of smoking and its associated health risks. The movement has been active for decades and has seen many successes, including the introduction of smoke-free public spaces, increased taxes on tobacco products, and the
In the early 20th century, German researchers found additional evidence linking smoking to health harms, which strengthened the anti-tobacco movement in the Weimar Republic and led to a state-supported anti-smoking campaign. Early anti-tobacco movements grew in many nations from the middle of the 19th century. The 1933–1945 anti-tobacco campaigns in Nazi Germany have been widely publicized, although stronger laws than those passed in Germany were passed in some American states, the UK, and elsewhere between 1890 and 1930. After 1941, anti-tobacco campaigns were restricted by the Nazi government.