"Is This Right?" Outrage Everywhere... Smoking Openly Right Under "No Smoking" Signs

This hot topic takes place right in front of a no-smoking zone banner.

It means exactly what it sounds like.

It is not uncommon to see people brazenly smoking cigarettes right in front of banners designating no-smoking areas.

Photos capturing this have been trending on social media, sparking various voices questioning the actual effectiveness of crackdowns on no-smoking zones.

If you look at the photo, a banner prohibiting smoking is hung on the left.

However, people are squatting and standing, completely unfazed, smoking away.

Netizens criticized the situation, saying that people smoking in front of no-smoking banners can be found anywhere, and that it makes them angry every time they see it.

Another netizen claimed, "When I asked someone smoking in a no-smoking area to 'please put out your cigarette,' they replied, 'By what right are you telling me to do this?'"

There are also quite a few reactions raising issues about the practical effectiveness of managing such no-smoking zones.

Smoking in street no-smoking zones designated by local governments, such as bus stops and subway station entrances, is subject to crackdowns.

However, criticisms are concurrently raised that effectiveness is low when there are realistically no enforcement personnel available.
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