Cuba, the world’s best known cigar-producing country, has announced a ban on smoking in some public places.
The government said public transport, shops and other closed spaces would become smoke-free in early February.
The ban was designed to curb damage to people’s health and contribute to a change in public attitudes, it said.
More than half of Cuban adults are thought to smoke, and 30% of the country’s preventable cancer deaths are said to be linked to smoking.
Cuban leader Fidel Castro, once a passionate cigar puffer, gave up the habit in 1986 and has since begun campaigning against smoking.
Cigars still generate $200m annually for the country’s economy