Okay, I think this is my new favorite deterrent for smoking cigarettes in public:

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Me every time I see someone smoking in Hong Kong:

Like, can you imagine how liberating it would feel to do this?

Seriously, nobody wants to sit there and inhale your second-hand smoke, especially in an area where smoking is prohibited, which is what's going on here.

Hong Kong has many marked no-smoking areas — on buses, in restaurants, and in some outdoor spaces — and if you're caught lighting up it could cost you HK$1,500 (or around 200 bucks). But people are still doing it — they're still smoking in those areas.

So the solution…

Yes, stare at them.

All of you, stare at the smoker with an angry look on your face.

And I honestly think it might work.

"Cigarettes can harm the health of all of us," [Hong Kong Health Minister Lo Chung-mau] told a meeting of the Legislative Council's health service panel on Friday.

"When the members of the public see people smoking in non-smoking areas, even if no law enforcement officers can show up immediately, we can stare at the smokers.

"When someone takes out a cigarette at a restaurant, everyone on the premises can stare at that person. I do not believe that person would dare to hit back at everyone at the restaurant as they are simply staring."

Professor Lo said the behaviour would help to create a "non-smoking culture" in the city.

Man, I really hope this works out for Hong Kong and becomes one of those policies we all turn to worldwide in times of second-hand smoke crisis.

And you know what, I think I'm gonna start practicing right now so I'm ready when the time comes.