Many European countries have anti-smoking laws similar to ours. The difference between anti-smoking laws in Europe and those in America is that in Europe they are widely ignored.
I was recently in the airport in Frankfurt and saw "No Smoking" signs every 10 meters. Travelers didn't care. They lit up wherever they pleased. I saw people smoking directly under the "No Smoking" signs! Nobody bothered them or said anything.
Could you imagine the pandemonium if someone lit up a cigarette in an American airport?
I liked the story of someone who carried a fake cigarette into a “no smoking” area. An employee immediately pounced on him with, “You cannot smoke here!”. Imagine her chagrin when told it wasn’t a cigarette! I doubt she was so quick to jump on someone else after that experience. LOL