<span style="color: #222222;">Sweden is banning outdoor smoking in certain public places including playgrounds and train station platforms.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In a 142-120 vote the Riksdagen, the Swedish Parliament extended the smoking ban as of July 1, 2019. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Smoking in outdoor restaurants and entrances to booths for smokers will also be banned. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Smoking is currently allowed only in designated smoking areas in most workplaces and public places. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">According to the new law, the goal is to make the Scandinavian country smoke-free by 2025.</span><br />''