12 years of age. The ban on the use of tobacco products in enclosed public places are not exempted electronic cigarettes and all kinds of herbal products for smoking.
The Ministry of Health with articles 17 and 32 of law. 3868/2010 on the upgrade of the SNS and other provisions (F.E.K. 129/t.A./3-8-2010) amends and supplements the provisions of the law 3730/2008 and 3370/2005 and with the Joint Ministerial Decision 104720 (government GAZETTE 1315/sq.B/25-8-10) by specifying the instruments, the control procedures for the certification of violations and enforcement of sanctions, as well as the criteria to determine the amount of the fine, the procedure for the recovery of fines as well as any other necessary detail for the implementation of the law.
In particular, it is prohibited to use tobacco products, new tobacco products, electronic cigarettes and herbal products for smoking in the following areas:
a. In all buildings housing Offices, Public Services, Legal Persons of Public Law, Legal Persons in Private Law which are supervised and subsidised by the State, Organizations and other Institutions (OTE, PPC, hellenic POST, etc.). Also in workplaces which belong to private bodies, as well as in the areas of long-waiting public (waiting rooms, airports, railway stations, bus stations, passenger stations, ports etc.) and in any kind of enclosed waiting areas as well as in all kinds of canteens.
b. In all of the units to provide Health Services, such as:
Hospitals.
Private Clinics.
Health Centers.
Regional Clinics.
Municipal Health Clinics.
Dispensaries Legal Persons governed by Public or Private Law (social security, etc.)
Private Surgeries – Dental Surgeries.
Pharmacies.
Other units of the Primary Health Care (PHC).
Any other premises not referred to above, which provided health services.
In all areas where training is provided, such as:
Primary schools (Public or Private).
Schools Secondary and post-Secondary education (Public or Private).
Universities, Technological Institutions and are generally Institutions of Higher Education.
Tutorials.
In kindergartens, preschools, crèches, children’s play areas.
In enclosed spaces for conducting sports, team sports, and sports events.
In all kinds of public transport including the passenger of public use car, gauge (cab) and market.
In enclosed or covered areas of the stores of sanitary interest (SRI), including premises providing internet services.
In the airports, outside the premises smoking.
In all kinds of cars for private and public use, when ridden by minors under the age of 12. For the above infringement shall be imposed an administrative fine of € 1,500 on the ride-on that makes use of tobacco products, new tobacco products, electronic cigarettes and herbal products for smoking regardless if it’s a driver, while it doubles the fine in the amount of 3,000 euros, if the use of tobacco products, new tobacco products, electronic cigarettes and herbal products for smoking, driving a car of public use. In addition, the drivers of such vehicles require the removal of the driving license for a period of one (1) month for each violation even if you don’t commit the same transgression but a person who is a passenger in the car. The finding of the infringement and the imposition of the aforementioned administrative penalties made by the police officers.
Be noted that by a decision of the Minister of Health can qualify, and other areas in the ban on the use of tobacco products, new tobacco products, electronic cigarettes and herbal products for smoking.
Competent Authorities to control implementation of the law.3868/2010 as well as for monitoring the implementation of the existing legislation, community and national, the establishment of infringements and imposing sanctions are specified: 1) Health Services of Regional and Local Government A and B grade, the municipal police, as well as port authorities in the area of responsibility.
For the imposition of a fine criterion are:
A. The space within which it is established the violation.For the application of the law specified the following order of priority:
– medical institutions of all kinds and levels,
– educational institutions priority: nurseries and kindergartens, primary schools, special schools, secondary education of all types, Universities, higher education Institutions, places of every kind of technical education, spaces for the supply of all types of private education,
– spaces, sports facilities,
– health stores,
– entertainment centers, etc.,
B. Not taking measures to prevent infringement, such as, for example, the non-removal of ashtrays.
C. The non-suspension signal to the smoking ban.
D. The non-response of the controller operation of the store in protest for the realization of the breach and or non call of the competent institutions and the non-implementation of recommendations in the offenders.
E. The non-cooperation of the business operator with the relevant bodies during the conduct of the audit.
F. The relapse, i.e., recurrence of the infringement in the same area (i.e., the longer of a breach of the existing provisions, which shall be attested by the competent authorities in the same public place or in the same health stores).
A fine of 1,500 euros and removal of a diploma for those who smoke in car with children
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