Sejm to consider bill to ban smoking in public places

The bill was prepared by Law and Justice (PiS) deputies Tadeusz Cymański (who quit smoking a year ago) and Czesław Hoc (who has never been a smoker). The new regulations envisage a total ban on smoking in work places as well as in public offices, railway stations, airports, hospitals, cinemas, cafes, restaurants and pubs, unless the latter will have hermetically sealed and air conditioned rooms for smokers. The bill also forbids smoking while driving a car, as well as by passengers in a car where a child below the age of thirteen is being carried. The first reading of the bill will be held on Monday. (Dziennik, p. 1) A.K.