Turkey smoking ban takes effect today
The ban will also affects hotels rooms that are designated for smoking guests must have a suitable ventilation system by the regulations. The ban also covers all kinds of open air sports, art, cultural and entertainment facilities. The smoking sections in these facilities cannot be larger than 50 percent of the total area and these areas must be designed in a way that the non smokers' section will not be affected by the smoke.
Also ban will stop tabocco tobacco sales to people under the age of 18. Selling cigarettes by the piece, which is especially common near schools, will be prohibited, a clause which aims to prevent young people from stop smoking in the first place. Only certified places will be able to sell tobacco products and other means of tobacco sales will be banned.
The facilities that do not obey the regulations will first receive a written warning; if they continue to break the law the municipality committee will give them of fine of between 500 and 5,000 ytl and If a person smokes in a place where smoking is forbidden he or she will be fined 50 ytl, and if someone is caught throwing a cigarette butt on the ground they will be fined 20 ytl..
If tobacco producers or sellers offer their products for free as a promotion or if they sell cigarettes at unregistered places they will be fined from between 50,000 and 250,000 ytl in Turkey. In England study also found that 840,000 people who currently do not go to the pub said they would do so after smoking was made illegal and we think Turkey will be same soon. 18/05/08
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