Hello all,

I am wondering how comes Switzerland doesn't have more restrictive anti-smoking laws. I was googling for history of smoking related referendums but couldn't find reasonable (as in implemented in other countries) measures being put on the ballot. Reading Wikipedia for example, I see this:

"A Tobacco Bill was proposed by the Federal Council in November 2015. It aimed to strengthen protection against smoking, but was considered "a minimal project [...] lagging behind certain measures taken in foreign countries" by Alain Berset, the Federal Councillor and head of the Federal Department of Home Affairs behind the project.[8][9] However, it was considered too restrictive by the Health Committee of the Council of States, which rejected it.[10"

It all seem to be games at government level which is influenced by smoking lobby.

My question is if there were measures like "forbid smoking 10 metres from any building entrance" or "forbid smoking close to children/play parks/schools" or banning smoking on balconies if you have neighbors etc.

I am reading that you only need 100k people to lunch a federal referendum so that shouldn't be an issue. Are those measures just not popular enough to get a yes in a popular vote? It's hard to imagine as after all most people don't smoke and being exposed to smoke in places like restaurant patios is at best very annoying. Was there any history of such measures being voted on? I mean specifically measures that would limit exposure of others to smoke, not limit smoking just for the sake of limiting smoking.