"No Smoking" Sign May Appear in Restaurants, Pubs and Even Night Clubs of Belarus Soon

Health Ministry advances the initiative of prohibiting smoking in places of entertainment. This was stated today, on No Smoking Day, during the online conference by the Deputy Head of the Department for Public Health of the Republican Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology.

According to Olga Bartman, the Health Ministry is considering how to significantly increase the number of smoking-free zones. Experts also propose replacing stylish packs with unpresentable packages with horrendous pictures and gradually increasing the prices on tobacco to at least the price level in Russia and Kazakhstan
(Olga Bartman, Deputy Head of Department of the Republican Center of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health). Enditem