Attempts to smite vice in Scotland sometimes prepare the way for similar measures elsewhere: the Scots banned smoking in public buildings, for example, a year before the English did.

• 某些情况下，苏格兰国内严打恶习，是别处类似措施的前车之鉴：就拿禁止在公共场合吸烟来说，一年之后，英格兰也开始效仿。