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The law bans smoking in an exhaustive list of indoor public places, indoor workplaces, and means of public transport and includes the catchall “public and private workspaces.”

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines with respect to banning smoking in all indoor workplaces.

The bans smoking in an exhaustive list of indoor public places, indoor workplaces, and means of public transport and includes the catchall “public and private workspaces.”

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines with respect to beginning smoking in all indoor public places.

The law bans smoking in airplanes, helicopters, buses, trains, taxis, boats, and all other means of public transportation, in alignment with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines.

The law specifically bans smoking on government grounds, in alignment with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines.

The law specifically bans smoking in private working spaces, offices, and office buildings, in alignment with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines.

The law specifically bans smoking in healthcare facilities, clinics, and hospitals, in alignment with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines.

The law specifically bans smoking in healthcare facilities, clinics, and hospitals, in alignment with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines.

The law specifically bans smoking in healthcare facilities, clinics, and hospitals, in alignment with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines.

The law specifically bans smoking in buildings and places of educational institutions of all levels and childcare institutions, in alignment with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines.

The law specifically bans smoking in buildings and places of educational institutions of all levels and childcare institutions, in alignment with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines.

The law specifically bans smoking in buildings and places of educational institutions of all levels and childcare institutions, in alignment with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines.

The law specifically bans smoking in small commercial establishments, including shops, markets, market squares, and shopping malls, in alignment with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines.

The law specifically bans smoking in cinemas, theaters, concert halls, and all other places meant for indoor amusements, museums, as well as in all workplaces, in alignment with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines.

The law specifically bans smoking in places for sport, education, and recreation, as well as in all workplaces, in alignment with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines.

The law specifically bans smoking in cafés, discotheques, clubs, cafeterias, pubs, bars, lounges, and restaurants, including all spaces that are contributing and/or part of these facilities’ functioning, in alignment with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines.

The law specifically bans smoking in cafés, discotheques, clubs, cafeterias, pubs, bars, lounges, and restaurants, including all spaces that are contributing and/or part of these facilities’ functioning, in alignment with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines.

The law specifically bans smoking in casinos, in alignment with FCTC Art. 8 and the Art. 8 Guidelines.

The law specifically bans smoking in hotels, motels, guesthouses, and all other accommodation facilities, in alignment with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines.

The law bans smoking in hotels, motels, guesthouses, and all other accommodation facilities. Although it does not specifically address guest rooms, these are workplaces and the law bans smoking in indoor public and private workplaces, in alignment with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines.

Prisons and detention facilities are not included in the list of workplaces and public places where smoking is banned. However, prisons are typically government facilities and are workplaces, and smoking is prohibited in both of these places. Thus, the law is interpreted as prohibiting smoking in prison and detention facilities, in alignment with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines.

The law bans smoking in airplanes, helicopters, buses, trains, taxis, boats, and all other means of public transportation, in alignment with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines.

The law specifically bans smoking in taxis, in alignment with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines.

The law bans smoking in airplanes, helicopters, buses, trains, taxis, boats, and all other means of public transportation, in alignment with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines.

The law bans smoking in airplanes, helicopters, buses, trains, taxis, boats, and all other means of public transportation, in alignment with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines.

The law specifically bans smoking in public transport terminals, including seaports, river ports, airports, train and bus stations and waiting rooms, in alignment with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines.

The law specifically requires the person in charge of the premises to place visible signs where smoking is banned and provides for penalties of jail up to three months or a fine of the category five of the General Fines Act (S.B. 2002 no. 73), or both. Signage requirements, including size and text, are contained in Ministry of Public Health Decision No. 1189.

These provisions align with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines; however, a penalty of licensure sanction would ensure closer alignment.

The law specifically requires the person in charge of the premises to take care that no ashtrays are provided and provides for penalties of jail up to three months and or a fine.

These provisions align with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines; however, a penalty of licensure sanction would ensure closer alignment.

Although the law does not specify steps persons responsible for the premises must take, it requires the persons responsible to undertake the necessary actions to assure the place/public transportation service is smoke free. The law also requires the Ministry of Health to enact regulations determining specific obligations. These have yet to be enacted.

Violations are punishable by imprisonment not exceeding three months or a fine of the category five of the General Fines Act (S.B. 2002 no. 73), or both.

The law would more fully align with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines if regulations were enacted to elaborate specific steps to be taken, such as refusing service and calling authorities for failure to heed a warning. Additionally, an added penalty of licensure sanction would ensure closer alignment.

Smokers must not smoke in “public spaces, working spaces, and public transportation.” Violations are punishable by imprisonment for up to one month, a fine, or both. Fines are fixed by a decision by the Attorney General and range from SRD 100 to SRD 150 depending on the location of the violation.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines.