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as strengthening of education and guidance for specific industries. The ultimate goal is to protect a greater number of employees from the dangers of second-hand smoke and provide healthier work environments (for more details on the results of past workplace tobacco hazard surveys see Fig. 1-3 and 1-4). Fig. 1-3 90 80 70 60 % 50 40 30 20 10 0 Fig. 1-4 45 40 35 30 % 25 20 15 10 Trend of workplace smoke prohibition policies over the years Completely prohibited from smoking Partially prohibited from smoking No restrictions on smoking 84.1 83.8 80.5 80.9 82 83.1 81.7 83.7 84.3 13.4 5 2009 38.5 22.0 11.5 11.4 3.4 3.7 2010 2011 13 13.7 13.3 14 5.3 3.7 2.8 3.7 2012 2013 2014 2015 13.7 2.6 2016 14 1.3 2017 Year Female Trend of workplace smoking rate over the years Male Overall 39.1 36.6 35.5 21.1 20.0 32.6 31.1 30.2 17.3 29.6 28.1 27.9 27.7 25.9 22.8 23.5 11.5 18.2 16.9 15.8 14.7 14.2 15.4 14 5 3.4 4.1 4.3 3.1 2.5 3.0 2.9 3.1 2.9 2.4 3.0 2.9 2.6 0 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Year 29 () () Reducing the Demand for Tobacco