The Nazi anti-tobacco campaign used many methods like restrictions on smoking in public spaces , limiting tobacco advertising , restrictions on tobacco rations for women , restrictions on restaurants and coffeehouses , promoting health education , banning smoking in trams , buses and city trains , limiting cigarette rations in the Wehrmacht , organizing medical lectures for soldiers and increasing the tobacco tax . The Nazi anti-tobacco campaign included banning smoking in trams , buses and city trains , promoting health education , limiting cigarette rations in the Wehrmacht , organizing medical lectures for soldiers , and raising the tobacco tax . The National Socialists also imposed restrictions on tobacco advertising and smoking in public spaces , and regulated restaurants and coffeehouses .