US EditionSpain plans smoking ban at bar terraces, beaches, stadiums
The bill aims to reduce tobacco-related deaths by banning smoking and vaping in various outdoor public spaces, including terraces and beaches, affecting over 50,000 annual deaths in Spain.
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The measure still has to be put to the vote in Parliament, and the draft also provides for a ban on minors from buying tobacco.
Spain tightens law on smoking and vaping
The Spanish Government has approved a draft anti-tobacco law that introduces some of the toughest measures in Europe, with new restrictions on smoking and vaping aimed at protecting young people and reshaping public health policy. The bill goes further than previous legislation by banning not only smoking indoors but also in a wide range of outdoor public spaces. If passed… Source
The Spanish government has approved a bill that bans smoking and vaping on bar and restaurant terraces, prohibits minors from using e-cigarettes and related products, and ends the sale of disposable e-cigarettes.
A bill has been submitted to this effect, which would also prohibit the sale of single-use e-cigarettes.
The hostess of the hoteliers joins the criticism against some of the measures contained in the preliminary draft of the anti-smoking law of the Ministry of Health that the Council of Ministers, in a first round, approved on Tuesday. If the Tabaco Bureau demands that the changes be supported in "scientific evidence", the association Hostelería de España goes further and calls its content "disproportionate" after emphasizing that "there is a good …
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