European Countries’ Legislations for Smoke-free places – October 2006[1]

	Health care facilities	Education facilities	Government facilities	Restaurants	Pubs and bars	Indoor workplaces and offices	Public Transport	Other public places
Austria	Ban (but no sanction defined by law) - smoking areas allowed	Ban (but no sanction defined by law) - smoking areas allowed	Ban (but no sanction defined by law) - smoking areas allowed	Voluntary agreement	Voluntary agreement	Ban - smoking areas allowed	Voluntary ban – smoking areas allowed	Ban (but no sanction defined by law) - smoking areas allowed
Belgium	Ban - smoking areas allowed	Ban - smoking areas allowed	Ban - smoking areas allowed	From January 2007, smoking only in closed-off rooms where no food is served	No ban, but ventilation and a non-smoking zone are compulsory	Ban – smoking only in separate, ventilated rooms	Total ban	Ban - smoking areas allowed
Cyprus	Ban –smoking in separate rooms only	Ban –smoking in separate rooms only	Ban –smoking in separate rooms only	Ban – ventilated smoking areas allowed	Ban – ventilated smoking areas allowed	Employers must take preventive measures	Total ban	Total ban

	Health care facilities	Education facilities	Government facilities	Restaurants	Pubs and bars	Indoor workplaces	Public Transport	Other public places
Czech Republic	Total ban, except in  psychiatric and detox wards (separate smoking rooms allowed)	Total ban	Total ban	Ban - smoking areas allowed	Ban - smoking areas allowed	Ban –smoking in separate rooms only	Ban –smoking in separate rooms only	Ban –smoking in separate rooms only
Denmark	No ban by law, but voluntary restrictions	Ban – separate smoking rooms for teachers	Partial restrictions	No ban, but smoking policy must be indicated	No ban, but smoking policy must be indicated	No ban	No ban by law, but voluntary restrictions	No restriction by law, but voluntary restrictions
Estonia	Ban - smoking areas allowed	Total ban, except higher education, where smoking areas are allowed	Ban - smoking areas allowed	From 2007, ban – smoking in separate rooms only	From 2007, ban –smoking in separate rooms only	Ban - smoking areas allowed	Total ban in stations and terminals	Ban - smoking areas allowed
Finland	Total ban	Total ban	Total ban	Venues larger than 50m2 must reserve half their seats for non-smokers	Venues larger than 50m2 must reserve half their seats for non-smokers	Total ban	Total ban	Total ban

	Health care facilities	Education facilities	Government facilities	Restaurants	Pubs and bars	Indoor workplaces	Public Transport	Other public places
France	Ban - smoking areas allowed	Ban – smoking rooms for teachers (and students in higher education)	Ban - smoking areas allowed	Ban - smoking areas allowed	Ban - smoking areas allowed	Ban –smoking rooms /areas allowed	Total ban in urban transport; smoking rooms allowed in stations; voluntary ban on intercity trains	Ban - smoking areas allowed
Germany	No ban by law, but voluntary restrictions	Some states have banned smoking in schools	No ban by law, but voluntary restrictions	No ban	No ban	Employers must take preventive measures	No ban by law, but voluntary restrictions	No ban
Greece	Ban - smoking areas allowed	Ban - smoking areas allowed	Ban - smoking areas allowed	Ban - smoking areas allowed	Ban - smoking areas allowed	Ban - smoking areas allowed	Total ban	Ban - smoking areas allowed
Hungary	Total ban	Total ban	Ban - smoking areas allowed	Ban – smoking only allowed if ventilation or in separate rooms	Ban only if they serve hot food. In this case smoking areas allowed	Ban - smoking areas allowed	Total ban	Ban - smoking areas allowed
Ireland	Total ban	Total ban	Total ban	Total ban	Total ban	Total ban	Total ban	Total ban
Italy	Total ban	Total ban	Ban –smoking in separate and ventilated rooms only	Ban –smoking in separate and ventilated rooms only	Ban –smoking in separate and ventilated rooms only	Ban –smoking in separate and ventilated rooms only	Total ban	Total ban

	Health care facilities	Education facilities	Government facilities	Restaurants	Pubs and bars	Indoor workplaces	Public Transport	Other public places
Latvia	Ban – smoking in separate and ventilated rooms only	Ban – smoking only in higher education in separate and ventilated rooms	Ban – smoking in separate and ventilated rooms only	Ban – smoking in separate and ventilated rooms only (cannot exceed 50% of the surface accessible to the public)	Ban – smoking in separate and ventilated rooms only (cannot exceed 50% of the surface accessible to the public)	Ban – smoking in separate and ventilated rooms only	Partial ban : smoking is totally banned, except long distance trains, planes, ships (separate, ventilated smoking rooms allowed)	Ban – smoking in separate and ventilated rooms only
Lithuania	Total ban in and outside of buildings	Total ban in and outside of buildings	Ban - smoking in separate rooms only	From 2007, ban	From 2007, ban	Ban - smoking in separate rooms only	Total ban (except long distance trains / air transport: smoking areas are allowed)	Ban - smoking areas allowed
Luxembourg	Ban – except in smoking rooms for patients	Total ban	Total ban in common rooms	Ban - smoking is only allowed in separate rooms, representing no more than 25% of the surface	If they serve food, ban from noon to 2pm, and from 7pm to 9pm	Employers have to take preventive measures to protect employees	Total ban	Total ban

	Health care facilities	Education facilities	Government facilities	Restaurants	Pubs and bars	Indoor workplaces	Public Transport	Other public places
Malta	Total ban	Total ban	Ban – smoking in separate, closed and ventilated rooms only	Ban – smoking in separate, closed and ventilated rooms only	Ban – smoking in separate, closed and ventilated rooms only	Ban – smoking in separate, closed and ventilated rooms only	Total ban	Ban – smoking in separate, closed and ventilated rooms only
Netherlands	Ban – smoking in closed and ventilated rooms only	Ban – smoking in closed and ventilated rooms only	Ban – smoking in closed and ventilated rooms only	Voluntary agreement	Voluntary agreement	Ban – smoking in closed and ventilated rooms only	Total ban	Ban – smoking in closed and ventilated rooms only
Poland	Ban –smoking in separate closed rooms only	Ban –smoking in separate closed rooms only	Ban –smoking in separate closed rooms only	Ban –smoking in separate closed rooms only	Ban –smoking in separate closed rooms only	Ban –smoking in separate closed rooms only	Total ban on buses, trams, planes. Ban on trains but smoking rooms allowed	Ban – smoking areas allowed
Portugal	Ban - smoking areas allowed	Ban - smoking areas allowed	Ban - smoking areas allowed	No ban	No ban	Ban - smoking areas allowed	Partial restrictions	Partial restrictions
Slovakia	Total Ban	Total Ban	Ban - smoking areas allowed	Smoking is allowed, but there must be a non smoking area	Smoking is allowed, but there must be a non smoking area if they serve food	Ban - smoking areas allowed	Total ban	Ban - smoking areas allowed

	Health care facilities	Education facilities	Government facilities	Restaurants	Pubs and bars	Indoor workplaces	Public Transport	Other public places
Slovenia	Total Ban	Total Ban	Ban - smoking areas allowed	Ban - smoking areas allowed (no more than 50% of the surface	No ban	Ban - smoking areas allowed	Total Ban	Ban - smoking areas allowed
Spain	Total Ban	Total Ban	Total Ban	Ban for places of more than 100 m2, except in smoking areas	Ban for places of more than 100 m2, except in smoking areas	Total Ban	Partial restrictions : total ban, except in airports, train stations and bus stations, (smoking areas allowed)	Total Ban
Sweden	Ban – smoking in separate, closed and ventilated rooms only	Ban – smoking in separate, closed and ventilated rooms only	Ban – smoking in separate, closed and ventilated rooms only	Ban – smoking in separate, closed and ventilated rooms only	Ban – smoking in separate, closed and ventilated rooms only	Ban – smoking in separate, closed and ventilated rooms only	Ban – smoking in separate, closed and ventilated rooms only	Ban – smoking in separate, closed and ventilated rooms only

	Health care facilities	Education facilities	Government facilities	Restaurants	Pubs and bars	Indoor workplaces	Public Transport	Other public places
UK - England	Partial restrictions	Total ban due in 2007	Total ban due in 2007	Total ban due in 2007	Total ban due in 2007	Total ban due in 2007	Total ban due in 2007	Total ban due in 2007
UK - Scotland	Partial restrictions	Total ban	Total ban	Total ban	Total ban	Total ban	Total ban	Total ban
UK - Ireland	Total ban due in 2007	Total ban due in 2007	Total ban due in 2007	Total ban due in 2007	Total ban due in 2007	Total ban due in 2007	Total ban due in 2007	Total ban due in 2007
UK - Wales	Total ban considered by Parliament	Total ban considered by Parliament	Total ban considered by Parliament	Total ban considered by Parliament	Total ban considered by Parliament	Total ban considered by Parliament	Total ban considered by Parliament	Total ban considered by Parliament

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[1] Smoking area: zone where people can smoke, but which is not necessarily physically isolated from the non-smoking zone (a non-smoking area and a smoking area can be in the same room)

Smoking room: separate, isolated room where people can smoke

Total ban: smoking areas and smoking are not permitted

Partial restrictions: the ban depends on the type of locations and the type of use