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Article Republished from: www.epha.org/ Introduction In March 2004 Ireland became the first country in the world to impose an outright ban on smoking in
workplaces. Irish legislation makes it an offence to smoke in workplaces, which
has the effect of banning smoking in pubs and restaurants. Following this successful example, For a complete overview of the evolution of national legislation, the European Network for Smoking Prevention monitors
trends towards smoke-free previsions The Albanian government approved a bill of law to ban smoking in public
places, such as bars and restaurants in the summer of 2006. The law is intended
to lower the number of smokers in the country, which has one of the highest
smoking rates in The Austrian Tobacco law prohibits smoking buildings that are open to
the public and institutions open to children and young people BUT does not
include workplaces. From the 1 January 2007 onwards, Since the 1 January 2006, Smoking has been banned in all enclosed workplaces since January 2005. The Croatian health ministry announced in the summer of 2006 that it
would pass a new bill against smoking in any and all public places, including
bars and cafés. However, soon after the initial announcement, the government
backtracked and said such a law was unnecessary. The ministry is now focusing
on enforcing the penalties for existing laws restricting smoking in public, and
on raising the public’s awareness of the harmful side effects smoking brings. The current law in The protection of Health (smoking) Unified Laws 2002-2004 prohibit
smoking in all public places, including places of entertainment (restaurants,
bars etc) in all government buildings, public transport and in private cars
carrying any passenger under 16. Separate smoking areas that are well
ventilated will be introduced at the discretion of individual bar, cafe or
restaurant owners. In April 2007, the Parliament passed an anti-smoking bill ought to limit
smoking in restaurants and other public areas. Separate premises in
restaurants, cafes and bars will have to be reserved for smokers. Under current legislation, smoking is only banned in schools and
government buildings that are open to the public. From 2007 total ban in bars
and restaurants. At 6am, on 1July 2007, workplaces and enclosed public places in Bars, restaurants, cafes and nightclubs will come under a complete ban
on smoking on 5 June 2007. Smoking will only be permitted in enclosed smoking
rooms with a separate ventilation system. A complete ban on smoking has been
imposed on all enclosed premises which are open to the public since June 2005. As of June 2007, On 1 February 2007 On 22 March 2007, Berlin is set to be
the first city to inforce the ban on smoking in public buildings, as well as
bars and restaurants. On the 27 April 2007, the Federal Health Minister and the Federal Consumer
Affairs Minister of Germany introduced a bill to ban smoking in buses, trains,
taxis, stations and Federal government buildings as of 1 September 2007, while
still providing the option for separate smoking rooms. The sale of cigarettes
will also be prohibited to persons under 18. According to the WHO, Hungarian regulations regarding smoking in public
are very weak when compared to regulations in other European countries. This is
due to the availability of cigarettes, as well as the weak regulation on
smoking and the lack of political support for strong interventions to control
tobacco, despite anti-smoking laws dating from 1999. Italian legislation has prohibited smoking in the workplace since 2005,
including bars and restaurants. However, enclosed and separately ventilated
rooms are permited. Nothern Smoking is prohibited in many indoor public places and municipalities
have th power to prohibit smoking in outdoor public places. However, smoking is
permited in bars and restaurants and other public actering establishments,
however owners must set up no-smoking rooms. Anti-smoking legislation was recently passed by the Since 2004, smokin ghas been banned in enclosed premises, except in
designated smoking rooms. The ban includes bars and restaurants. A complete ban at workplaces has been implemented in the Smoking legislation which has been in place since 2004 in Since 2003, Smoking is banned in all enclosed public places. Bars, restaurants and
nightclubs are obliged to mark out smoking and non-smoking areas and ensure
that ventillation is installed. Since 1990, eployers in A public consultation on the new tobacco bill, which had been proposed
by the Slovenian Ministry of Health, concluded in January 2007. The proposal
for the new law includes a total ban on smoking in all enclosed public places,
including bars and restaurants, although exemptions will be made for separate
smoking areas. From 1 January 2006, For bars and restaurants that are smaller than 100 smq (and this is the
vast majority of cases), the legislation offers the bar owner the posibility of
going smokefree. If the bar or restaurant does not go smokefree, it means that
customers under 18 years old would not be allowed in that bar. Compared to other European countries, where smoking in the workplace is
banned altogether ( According to a study
issued by the Spanish Consumers Organisation on 22 May 2007, a minimal 10
percent of small bars and 15 percent of small restaurants opted to ban smokers
from their premises. In The Welsh government first voted in favour of a smoking ban in 2003 and
the ban on smoking in enclosed public places was introduced on 2 April 2007,
three months ahead of the ban in For more information:
P.S. EPHA’s updates have been sourced from the European Network for Smoking
Prevention’s (ENSP) work on European
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