About seven years ago, a by-law to have smoke-free public places was approved and became operational later on.
This move that began in Nakuru, later on spread to other parts of the country and later came into effect throughout the country towards the end of 2008.
The by-law required that people who smoke use particular designated places within towns to puff away.
A number of years after such stringent measures that aimed at protecting non-smokers, laxity seems to have slowly creeped in rendering the vital points almost ancient.
To avoid contracting diseases caused by second-hand smoke, this is the reason why we are required to ensure that places we spend most of our time in are well ventilated.
The bottom line is, public smoking zones that existed a couple of years back played a major role in reducing instances of contracting such diseases and there is dire need to bring them back to our towns.
There maybe be a lot of logistics required to build up these zones, but they are of great importance. Both the national and county governments ought to work in cooperation to ensure that these smoking zones are not only put up but also used as they are supposed to.
This will be a way to ensure that Kenyans are safe at all costs from the possibility of contracting lung diseases.