Prevention of tobacco use

Main points relating the occupational environment

 

The law seeks above all to protect non-smokers against other people’s smoke and also to protect young people below the age of 16 from active or passive tobacco consumption.
Advertising for tobacco and its free distribution are therefore prohibited. The sale to minors below the age of 16 is likewise banned.
Smoking is also prohibited:

  • in hospital establishments, waiting rooms of healthcare professionals and pharmacies;
  • in educational establishments;
  • in covered sports premises, establishments in which public performances are given, exhibitions and other rooms open to the public;
  • in the lobbies and rooms of public buildings;
  • in public transport;
  • in catering establishments;
  • in shopping malls.

 

The workplace is governed by:

Article 16 § 3:

“The employer must take all measures to ensure and improve the protection of the physical and mental health of workers, in particular […] by taking the necessary measures to ensure that workers are effectively protected against emissions resulting from the consumption of tobacco by others.”