The charity wants a ban on smoking outside school gates (Sean Dempsey/PA) Sign up for our daily Politics briefing for political exclusives, analysis and debate. Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up More than 80% of Scots back a ban on smoking outside schools to protect children’s health, a survey indicates. Charity partnership Asthma UK and British Lung Foundation Scotland surveyed 1,002 adults in Scotland and found four in five (81.1%) want smoking outside the school gates to be prohibited. The charity said passive smoking, while harmful to all, is particularly dangerous for babies and children as their lungs are still growing.