MOROCCO ICELAND NORWAY FINLAND SWEDEN SLOVAKIA CZECH REPUBLIC SAN MARINO 1970 Singapore Smoking banned in buses, ... smoking bans in restaurants and bars serving food and alcohol California 1992-2001 US$ billions smoking banned in restaurants $2.1bn banned in bars A full smoking ban in 2009 was quickly repealed, as it was impossible to control. If you look at the statistics Portugal is high up there but on par if not bellow other European countries where it used to be fancy to smoke. Smoking is prohibited inside offices, shops, schools, hospitals etc and all public transport including taxis. Nauru has the second-highest percentage of smokers, at 47.5%. There are however never any rules about non-smoking at outside tables. 2. The largest casino in Portugal is Casino Estoril, which has 35 table games and 1,200 gaming and video poker machines. You will find that almost all bars, even those small ones, have bowed to public pressure and allow smoking inside. Thanks to a terrible law full of loopholes, small bars and cafes are exempt from Austria’s smoking ban - as are larger ones, provided they establish a smoking area, ... Portugal… We aim to evaluate the potential impact of the smoke ban on the number of ACS events in the Portuguese population. In other workplaces smoking is banned where non-smokers work. "The ban should decrease the number of deaths caused by smoking and will also reduce second hand smoking," said Luis Negrao, a doctor at Portugal's Cardiology Association. The largest gambling city in Portugal is Póvoa de Varzim with one casino, Casino da Póvoa, that has 20 table games and 695 gaming, slot and video poker machines. The thing is, it is not illegal to smoke in closed environments, and a big chunk of people who are more bohemian and frequents bars, cafes etc are smokers as well. Nauru - 47.5% of adults . Only a few have paid attention to the bans at all. 3 xxiii Smoking is allowed in enclosed smoking rooms in restaurants, whereas in bars the owners can decide whether to allow smoking or not, given that food is not served on the premises. Online gambling was only legalised in Portugal as recently as 2015. Some clearly haven't bothered with the required ventilation equipment! Nauru is the world's smallest island nation, with a population of fewer than 10,000 people. Now, the official rules say that establishments up to 50 sq m that meet very strict conditions may permit smoking. In enclosed public places there is a total ban. Portugal Summary of MPOWER measures in Portugal M P O W E R MONITORING SMOKE-FREE POLICIES CESSATION PROGRAMMES HEALTH WARNINGS MASS MEDIA ADVERTISING BANS TAXATION CIGARETTES LESS AFFORDABLE SINCE 2008 7 6 71.7% YES Compliance is scored 0—10 where 10 is the highest level of compliance. One of the conditions is a ventilation system that is … Although two smoking bans in public places have been instituted in Greece, smoking is still rampant. PORTUGAL GERMANY SWITZ. The association between smoking and CV has been proved; however smoking is still the first preventable cause of death in the EU. Restaurants are a bit more equal although smoking is allowed at all outside tables without question. Smoking – cigarettes, cigars and pipes – is banned in indoor public places in Portugal (as of 1 January 2008). None of the places I go to in Albufeira allow smoking inside.To do so requires huge expense in air extraction systems etc. BELGIUM NETH.