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New anti-smoking law/ Spain may ban consumption outdoors

2025-05-29 19:21:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

New anti-smoking law/ Spain may ban consumption outdoors

Spain is moving ahead with plans to expand smoking bans in public spaces, including restaurant terraces and outdoor areas in bars, the southern European country’s health minister announced on Thursday. More than a year after Spain’s left-wing coalition government approved its anti-smoking plan, Spanish Health Minister Monica García announced that a concrete draft of the bill had been completed in an interview with Cadena SER radio.

García added that the potential ban would also apply to e-cigarettes and heated tobacco devices, and not just traditional tobacco.

García said he hoped the ban, which still needs to be reviewed by the government's council of ministers as well as the lower house of the Spanish parliament, would put Spain "at the forefront of the fight against smoking."

School playgrounds, university campuses, company vehicles, as well as outdoor festive events and public transport shelters, are among other places where the ban will be imposed.

As part of its anti-smoking plan, the Spanish government has also worked on a series of measures, including increasing the resources available to individuals who wish to quit smoking, as well as introducing an increase in taxes on tobacco and related products. /CNA





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