Slowly but surely, a number of countries have banned smoking in certain public areas, but we honestly never thought we’d see the day in Egypt where you’re not allowed to smoke!

That day has arrived.

In Alexandria, Egypt. 

They are officially the first city in the country to ban smoking in government buildings.

We all know that smoking is a huge problem here, but did you know that Egyptians smoke up to something like 19 billion cigarettes a year!? A bit much, don’t you think?

The ban will begin limited to just government buildings, but they say that within a couple of years, it’ll be banned even to cafes…wait, does that include shisha too?

While we know this is going to be really hard and resisted by many of our cig addicts, this is definitely a great step forward towards better public health!