The Italian Ministry Of Health Included E-cigarettes in The Smoking Ban And Expanded The Smoking Ban
The Italian Minister of Health, Schillacci, proposed a plan to update and extend Article 3 of Law 2003/51:
1) Extend the ban on smoking to other outdoor places where minors and pregnant women are present;
2) Eliminate the possibility of enclosed spaces equipped with smoking rooms in the following places;
3) and extend the ban to emissions of new smokeless products (e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products) as well;
4) Extend the advertising ban to new products containing nicotine and devices that heat tobacco products.
Previously, the use of e-cigarettes in public places (except schools, employment and vocational training centers) was permitted unless explicitly prohibited, and it was also up to the employer to decide whether to ban their use in offices and other workplaces; The same is true for the use of "e-cigarettes" on public transport, leaving the choice to the transport manager.
Where is smoking prohibited in Italy?
Smoking is one of the main causes of addiction worldwide, and this phenomenon has increased significantly in recent decades, especially among the youngest populations, often with serious health effects due to the onset of respiratory, cardiac, and oncological lesions. The problem affects not only "active" consumers, but also those who involuntarily inhale "passive" smoke in private and public public settings.
Various forms (cigarettes, cigars, pipes...) ), necessitating legislative intervention, in particular to protect non-smokers from being forced to inhale second-hand smoke.
Italy's first law, No. 584/1975, prohibits smoking in school classrooms, hospital wards, waiting rooms, cinemas, public administration offices, libraries, museums and all enclosed places used for public gatherings.
The ban was gradually extended to certain establishments open to the public for the exercise of institutional functions by public administrations, public corporations and the provision of public services
