Ms Smith said it would now be up to the individual concerned to prove they would not "stir up tension" in the UK.
For the first time a list of the names of those excluded - including so-called "preachers of hate" - will be published and shared with other countries.
Since 2005 230 people have been barred from entering the UK.
About 80 of them are religious extremists.
Ms Smith said: "Through these tough new measures I will stop those who want to spread extremism, hatred and violent messages in our communities from coming to our country.
"Coming to the UK is a privilege and I refuse to extend that privilege to individuals who abuse our standards and values to undermine our way of life."
The changes will not require new legislation and are aimed at tackling "individuals who foster extremism or hate" - including radical Islamists, neo-Nazis and violent animal rights activists.
Shadow Home Secretary Dominic Grieve was dismissive of the changes, saying: "This announcement is more spin than substance. The real issue is preventing extremists from coming here, not advertising it after the event.
"If the home secretary is at last committed to applying the powers she has, robustly and consistently, then we welcome it, but why has it taken this government so long?"
The measures announced will: create a presumption in favour of exclusion for people who have engaged in fostering, encouraging or spreading extremism and hatred
put the burden of proof on individuals to show they have renounced previous extremist views
allow for the exclusion of nationals from the European Economic Area before they travel to the UK
increase co-operation with other agencies to improve the evidence base underpinning exclusions
allow for the "naming and shaming" of excluded people
The measures do not go far enough, according to Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne, who also said naming extremists was a "tawdry gimmick" that could lead to ministers being sued for libel.
He said: "It is quite right to exclude anyone whose speech is likely to prove so inflammatory as to provoke violence or racial hatred, but these ideas add nothing since the government has already excluded 79 preachers of hate in three years.
"The real need is for quiet intelligence to tackle British preachers of hate, and to block hate-filled internet sites.
"Given the Home Office's track record of error, there must be adequate safeguards and checks to stop the exclusion of innocent people."
Keith Vaz, chairman of the Home Affairs Committee, said there should be tougher measures to help remove foreigners inciting violence who are already based in the UK.
Patrick Mercer MP and Inayat Bunglawala [right]say the proposals are a "gimmick"He said: "Along with being tougher on those wanting to enter the UK we must also get tougher on removing those that are already here.
"If they are convicted of inciting violence or related offences, they must be removed."
Mr Vaz also said he was concerned information used to make exclusion decisions needed to be accurate, and that there needed to be a clear process in which to challenge a decision.
For a far more extensive representation of muslim violence worldwide go to the Religion of Peace website
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Correct me if I’m wrong but I understood there are already hundreds of Muslim extremists in our country and so it’s like closing the barn door after the horse has bolted.
Jacqui Smith, said she refused to give the privilege of residence to individuals that abuse our standards and values or undermined our way of life. Once again, it’s too bloody late because our standards and values indeed our British culture is being undermined by some British Muslims, indeed hundreds of men have passed through British terrorism training camps across the English countryside and, others like Anjem Choudary say that a swollen Muslim population would be enough to conquer Britain from inside. "We do not integrate into Christianity. We will ensure that one day you will integrate into the Sharia Islamic law."
Our dishonest dictatorial money grabbing Government is a bigger threat to us than the terrorists and what made them think that we the people wanted to make England a multicultural society?
It’s one thing to allow foreigners into our country and another to allow a race that perhaps cannot integrate into Christianity and with a faction that burn the red, white and blue flag of England while they hold banners high proclaiming "Islam will dominate the world" and "Muslims in the UK support Taliban", I feel that like the people of the city of Troy our knucklehead Government foolishly welcomed the enemy within.
30 million citizens of Romania and Bulgaria are entitled to come to the UK. Home Office minister Joan Ryan warned that an estimated 45,000 potential criminals from Romania and Bulgaria would travel to Britain.
Is it any wonder so many people are emigrating ruled over by a warmongering deceitful grasping incompetent Labour Government?
Perhaps we should march by the millions and throw then into the gutter but then we continue to be sheepish in conduct and wait patiently through atrocities, injustice and tyrannical rule for Armageddon.
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