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Smoke-free
environmentS
international StatuS reportAs of December 31, 2008
BUILDING SUPPORT FOR TOBACCO CONTROLA L L I ANCEFRAMEWORK CONVENT ION
Smoke-free environmentS are a vital part of combating the global tobacco epidemic. Article 8 of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) requires Parties to protect their citizens from exposure to tobacco smoke.
As part of its ongoing efforts to highlight the critical importance of smoke-free legislation that is compliant with the FCTC, the Framework Convention Alliance (FCA) has produced this report detailing country level status on smoke-free legislation.
Data contained in this report comes from the WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2009. In this second assessment of the global tobacco epidemic, WHO collected country level data on the implementation of the 6 key measures contained in the WHO MPOWER package – monitoring tobacco use and prevention policies, protecting from tobacco smoke, offering help to quit tobacco use, warning about the dangers of tobacco, enforcing bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship, and raising taxes on tobacco.
1 SMOKE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS
Smoke-free environmentsComprehensive, well-enforced smoke-free laws effectively protect people from the harms of secondhand smoke and help smokers to reduce smoking or quit. In 2008, 7 countries passed comprehensive smoke-free laws bringing the total number of countries with comprehensive smoke-free laws to 17. However, almost 95% of the world’s population is left unprotected from the harms of secondhand smoke. Sixty-five countries have no national smoke-free policies and almost 50 countries have policies that cover only a limited number of public places.
Scientific evidence has unequivocally established that exposure to tobacco smoke causes death, disease and disability. Globally, an estimated one-third of adults are regularly exposed to secondhand smoke. Secondhand smoke alone causes approximately 600,000 premature deaths per year worldwide. Of all deaths attributable to secondhand smoke, 31% occur among children and 64% occur among women.
Article 8 of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) requires Parties to protect their citizens from exposure to tobacco smoke. As of November 30, 2009, 168 countries have ratified the FCTC, and the majority of these countries continue to fail to provide adequate protection from the harms of secondhand smoke.
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STATUS OF SMOKE-FREE LEGISLATION COVERING VARIOUS TYPES OF PUBLIC PLACES The 2009 World Health Organization Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic assessed smoke-free policies for 8 public places across the world: healthcare facilities, educational facilities (except universities), universities, government facilities, indoor offices, restaurants, pubs and bars, and public transport.
Note: All countries that responded “Yes” to having a complete ban were counted separately for each category.
2 SMOKE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS
AlbANIA ■
ANTIGuA AND bARbuDA ■
ARGENTINA ■
bAHAMAS ■
bARbADOS ■
bElIzE ■
bOSNIA AND HERzEGOVINA ■
bOTSWANA ■
buRuNDI ■
CAMbODIA ■
CENTRAl AFRICAN REPublIC ■
CHINA ■
CONGO ■
DEM. PEOPlE’S REP. OF KOREA ■
DOMINICA ■
DOMINICAN REPublIC ■
ERITREA ■
ETHIOPIA ■
GAbON ■
GAMbIA ■
GEORGIA ■
GHANA ■
GRENADA ■
GuINEA-bISSAu ■
HAITI ■
HuNGARy ■
ITAly** ■
JAMAICA ■
JAPAN ■
KENyA ■
KIRIbATI ■
KuWAIT ■
lIbERIA ■
MAlAWI ■
M ■ AlI
MICRONESIA (FED. STATES OF) ■
MONGOlIA ■
MOzAMbIquE ■
NAuRu ■
NEPAl ■
NIuE ■
PAPuA NEW GuINEA ■
POlAND ■
RuSSIAN FEDERATION ■
RWANDA ■
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS ■
SAINT luCIA ■
SAINT VINCENT AND ■ THE GRENADINES
SAMOA ■
SãO TOMé AND PRíNCIPE ■
SIERRA lEONE ■
SOlOMON ISlANDS ■
SuRINAME ■
SWAzIlAND ■
SWITzERlAND ■
SyRIAN ARAb REPublIC ■
THE FORMER yuGOSlAV ■ REPublIC OF MACEDONIA
TIMOR-lESTE ■
TOGO ■
TuNISIA ■
uKRAINE ■
uNITED REPublIC ■ OF TANzANIA
uNITED STATES OF AMERICA ■
uzbEKISTAN ■
VANuATu ■
Countries with
NO NaTiONal COmplETE SmOkiNG BaN iN aNy puBliC plaCEAs of December 31, 2008, 65 countries reported having no national smoke-free policy in any of the 8 public places assessed. Countries that allow for designated smoking rooms were not considered to have a complete ban.
Countries with
COmpREHENSivE SmOkE-fREE laWSComprehensive smoke-free laws are defined as complete smoking bans in all 8 public places assessed with no exceptions for designated smoking rooms. In addition, countries where at least 90% of the population are covered by complete sub-national smoke-free legislation are considered as having comprehensive smoke-free laws. As of December 31, 2008, seventeen countries had comprehensive smoke-free laws covering all 8 public places assessed.
2 SMOKE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS
Au ■ STRAlIA†
bHuTAN ■
CANADA ■ †
COlOMbIA* ■
DJIbOuTI* ■
GuATEMAlA* ■
GuINEA ■
IRAN ■
IRElAND ■
MARSHAll ISlANDS ■
MAuRITIuS* ■
NEW zEAlAND ■
PANAMA* ■
TuRKEy* ■
uNITED KINGDOM ■
uRuGuAy ■
zAMbIA* ■* Passed or implemented in 2008† Complete sub-national legislation covers at least 90% of the population
** Italy’s national smoke-free law allows for designated smoking rooms in all 8 public places assessed.
3 SMOKE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS
pOpulaTiON impaCT
China 1,339 million 0 india 1,166 million 5 United StateS 308 million 0 indoneSia 240 million 3 Brazil 199 million 1 PakiStan 176 million 4 BangladeSh 156 million 2 nigeria 149 million 5 rUSSia 140 million 0 JaPan 127 million 0
Currently, only 5.4% of the world’s population is covered by comprehensive smoke-free laws. Out of the top 20 most populated countries in the world, only Turkey and Iran have passed comprehensive smoke-free laws covering all 8 of the public places assessed (shown in blue below).
mexiCo 111 million 2 PhiliPPineS 98 million 3 Viet nam 87 million 6 ethioPia 85 million 0 egyPt 83 million 6 germany 82 million 3 tUrkey 77 million 8 Congo (dr) 69 million 4 iran 66 million 8 thailand 66 million 2
ameriCaS8 public spaces
CANADA ■COlOMbIA ■GuATEMAlA ■PANAMA ■uRuGuAy ■
7 public spacesbOlIVIA ■
aFriCa8 public spaces
GuINEA ■MAuRITIuS ■zAMbIA ■
7 public spacesCHAD ■
eaStern mediterranean8 public spaces
DJIbOuTI ■IRAN (ISlAMIC REP. OF) ■
7 public spacesWEST bANK ■ and GAzA STRIP
6 public spacesbAHRAIN ■EGyPT ■JORDAN ■lIbyAN ARAb JAMAHIRIyA ■
eUroPe8 public spaces
IRElAND ■TuRKEy ■uNITED KINGDOM ■
6 public spacesbElGIuM ■FINlAND ■TAJIKISTAN ■
CoUntry total national BanS PoPUlation*
*Population source: CIA Factbook
CoUntry total national BanS PoPUlation* smoke-free places
REGiONal lEadERSA number of countries emerged as smoke-free regional leaders. Countries that have banned smoking in at least 6 of the 8 public places assessed are listed.
No dataZero pub. spaces completely smoke-free1–2 public spaces completely smoke-free3–5 public spaces completely smoke-free6–7 public spaces completely smoke-freeAll 8 public spaces completely smoke-free0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
31
9
12
21
5
6
8
15
1
2
5
7
5
3
33
17
17
11
2
1
1
4
2
3
3
2
4
6
12
17
13
47
50
65
2
SmOkE-fREE STaTuS By REGiON
PRO
PORT
ION
OF
CO
UN
TR
IES
AFRIC
A
AMERIC
AS
EAST
ERN
EUROPE
SOUTH-EA
ST ASIA
WORLD
WEST
ERN PA
CIFIC
# oF PlaCeS with Smoke-Free Ban
# oF PlaCeS with Smoke-Free Ban
# oF PlaCeS with Smoke-Free Ban
CoUntryCoUntry
SoUth-eaSt aSia8 public spaces
bHuTAN ■
6 public spacesSRI lANKA ■
weStern PaCiFiC8 public spaces
AuSTRAlIA ■MARSHAll ISlANDS ■NEW zEAlAND ■
6 public spacesbRuNEI DARuSSAlAM ■VIET NAM ■
MEDITER
RANEAN
4 SMOKE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS
AFGHANISTAN ■AlGERIA ■ANDORRA ■ARMENIA ■AuSTRAlIA ■ †
AzERbAIJAN ■bAHRAIN ■bANGlADESH ■bElGIuM ■bENIN ■bHuTAN ■bOlIVIA (PluRINA- ■
TIONAl STATE OF)
bRuNEI DARuSSAlAM ■bulGARIA ■buRKINA FASO ■CAMEROON ■CANADA ■ †
CHAD ■CHIlE ■COlOMbIA ■COMOROS ■COSTA RICA ■CôTE D’IVOIRE ■
CROATIA ■CubA ■CzECH REPublIC ■CONGO (DR) ■DJIbOuTI ■ECuADOR ■EGyPT ■EquATORIAl GuINEA ■ESTONIA ■FINlAND ■FRANCE ■GuATEMAlA ■GuINEA ■GuyANA ■HONDuRAS ■ICElAND ■INDIA ■INDONESIA ■IRAN (ISlAMIC ■
REPublIC OF)
IRAq ■IRElAND ■JORDAN ■KAzAKHSTAN ■
KyRGyzSTAN ■lAO PEOPlE’S ■
DEM. REPublIC
lATVIA ■lEbANON ■lIbyAN ARAb ■
JAMAHIRIyA
luxEMbOuRG ■MADAGASCAR ■MAlDIVES ■MAlTA ■MARSHAll ISlANDS ■MAuRITIuS ■MExICO ■MONTENEGRO ■MyANMAR ■NETHERlANDS ■NEW zEAlAND ■NIGER ■NIGERIA ■PAKISTAN ■PANAMA ■PARAGuAy ■PERu ■PHIlIPPINES ■
PORTuGAl ■REP. OF KOREA ■REP. OF MOlDOVA ■SAuDI ARAbIA ■SERbIA ■SEyCHEllES ■SINGAPORE ■SlOVAKIA ■SlOVENIA ■
SOuTH AFRICA ■SPAIN ■SRI lANKA ■SuDAN ■TAJIKISTAN ■THAIlAND ■TuRKEy ■TuRKMENISTAN ■uGANDA ■
uNITED ARAb EMIRATES ■uNITED KINGDOM ■uRuGuAy ■VENEzuElA (bOlI- ■
VARIAN REP. OF)
VIET NAM ■WEST bANK ■ and
GAzA STRIP
yEMEN ■zAMbIA ■
Educational facilities (except universities) include all primary and secondary schools both private and public. This also includes the schools facilities, meaning any building used as a part of the student’s educational program.
As of December 31, 2008, 95 countries completely banned smoking in educational facilities (except universities).
AFGHANISTAN ■AlGERIA ■ANDORRA ■ANGOlA ■ARMENIA ■AuSTRAlIA ■ †
AzERbAIJAN ■bAHRAIN ■bANGlADESH ■bElARuS ■bElGIuM ■bENIN ■bHuTAN ■bOlIVIA (PluRINA- ■
TIONAl STATE OF)
bRuNEI DARuSSAlAM ■buRKINA FASO ■CAMEROON ■CANADA ■ †
CHAD ■CHIlE ■COlOMbIA ■COMOROS ■CôTE D’IVOIRE ■
CROATIA ■CubA ■CzECH REPublIC ■CONGO (DR) ■DENMARK ■DJIbOuTI ■ECuADOR ■EGyPT ■El SAlVADOR ■EquATORIAl GuINEA ■FIJI ■FINlAND ■FRANCE ■GuATEMAlA ■GuINEA ■GuyANA ■HONDuRAS ■INDIA ■INDONESIA ■IRAN (ISlAMIC REP. OF) ■IRAq ■IRElAND ■ISRAEl ■
JORDAN ■KAzAKHSTAN ■KyRGyzSTAN ■lAO PEOPlE’S DEM. REP. ■lEbANON ■lESOTHO ■lIbyAN ARAb ■
JAMAHIRIyA
luxEMbOuRG ■MADAGASCAR ■MAlDIVES ■MAlTA ■MARSHAll ISlANDS ■MAuRITANIA ■MAuRITIuS ■MONTENEGRO ■MOROCCO ■MyANMAR ■NETHERlANDS ■NEW zEAlAND ■NICARAGuA ■NIGERIA ■OMAN ■PAKISTAN ■
PANAMA ■PARAGuAy ■PERu ■PHIlIPPINES ■PORTuGAl ■REP. OF KOREA ■REP. OF MOlDOVA ■ROMANIA ■SAuDI ARAbIA ■SENEGAl ■SERbIA ■
SEyCHEllES ■SINGAPORE ■SlOVAKIA ■SlOVENIA ■SOuTH AFRICA ■SPAIN ■SRI lANKA ■SWEDEN ■TAJIKISTAN ■TuRKEy ■uGANDA ■
uNITED ARAb ■ EMIRATES
uNITED KINGDOM ■uRuGuAy ■VENEzuElA ■
(bOlIVARIAN REP. OF)
VIET NAM ■WEST bANK ■ and
GAzA STRIP
yEMEN ■zAMbIA ■
NATIONAL SMOKING BAN ONHEALTHCARE FACILITIESHealthcare facilities are all publicly and privately managed places where health care is provided in a public setting (i.e. not in the home). laws that prohibit smoking only in hospitals are not complete bans for health care facilities.
As of December 31, 2008, 99 countries completely banned smoking in healthcare facilities.
NATIONAL SMOKING BAN ONEDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
25
21
AFRI
CA
19
16
AMER
ICAS
6
16
EAST
ERN
MED
ITER
RANE
AN
21
29
3
EURO
PE
4
7
SOUT
H-EA
ST A
SIA
17
10
WES
TERN
PAC
IFIC
92
99
3
WOR
LD
0%20%40%60%80%
100%
No data/not categorizedNo banComplete ban
STaTuS Of SmOkE-fREE HEalTHCaRE faCiliTiES By REGiON
PROPORTION OF
COUNTRIES(number of countries in
bars)
28
18
AFRI
CA
19
16
AMER
ICAS
7
15
EAST
ERN
MED
ITER
RANE
AN
21
29
3
EURO
PE
3
8
SOUT
H-EA
ST A
SIA
18
9
WES
TERN
PAC
IFIC
WOR
LD
0%20%40%60%80%
100%96
95
3
No data/not categorizedNo banComplete ban
STaTuS Of SmOkE-fREE EduCaTiONal faCiliTiES By REGiON
PROPORTION OF
COUNTRIES(number of countries in
bars)
† Complete sub-national legislation covers at least 90% of the population.
5 SMOKE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS
ANDORRA ■ARMENIA ■AuSTRAlIA ■ †
bAHRAIN ■bElGIuM ■bENIN ■bHuTAN ■bOlIVIA (PluRINATIONAl STATE OF) ■buRKINA FASO ■CANADA ■ †
CHAD ■COlOMbIA ■CzECH REPublIC ■DJIbOuTI ■ECuADOR ■EGyPT ■El SAlVADOR ■FINlAND ■GERMANy ■GuATEMAlA ■GuINEA ■HONDuRAS ■INDIA ■
IRAN (ISlAMIC REPublIC OF) ■IRAq ■IRElAND ■JORDAN ■KAzAKHSTAN ■lIbyAN ARAb JAMAHIRIyA ■MAlDIVES ■MARSHAll ISlANDS ■MAuRITIuS ■MONTENEGRO ■NAMIbIA ■NEW zEAlAND ■NIGERIA ■OMAN ■PAlAu ■PANAMA ■PERu ■PORTuGAl ■SAuDI ARAbIA ■SOMAlIA ■SPAIN ■SRI lANKA ■TAJIKISTAN ■
Government facilities includes all buildings used in carrying out government business, not limited to office buildings.
As of December 31, 2008, 58 countries completely banned smoking in government facilities.
AFGHANISTAN ■ARMENIA ■AuSTRAlIA ■ †
AuSTRIA ■bAHRAIN ■bElGIuM ■bHuTAN ■bOlIVIA (PluRINATIONAl ■
STATE OF)
bRuNEI DARuSSAlAM ■bulGARIA ■CANADA ■ †
CHAD ■COlOMbIA ■CubA ■CONGO (DR) ■DJIbOuTI ■EGyPT ■EquATORIAl GuINEA ■FINlAND ■GuATEMAlA ■GuINEA ■HONDuRAS ■ICElAND ■
INDIA ■INDONESIA ■IRAN (ISlAMIC REPublIC OF) ■IRElAND ■JORDAN ■KAzAKHSTAN ■KyRGyzSTAN ■lAO PEOPlE’S DEM. REPublIC ■lEbANON ■lIbyAN ARAb JAMAHIRIyA ■lITHuANIA ■MADAGASCAR ■MAlDIVES ■MARSHAll ISlANDS ■MAuRITIuS ■MONTENEGRO ■MyANMAR ■NETHERlANDS ■NEW zEAlAND ■NIGER ■PAKISTAN ■PANAMA ■PERu ■PHIlIPPINES ■
NATIONAL SMOKING BAN INUNIVERSITIESuniversities includes all public and private post-secondary educational institutions, usually intended for adults.
As of December 31, 2008, 65 countries completely banned smoking in universities.
NATIONAL SMOKING BAN INGOVERNMENT FACILITIES
SAuDI ARAbIA ■SERbIA ■SlOVAKIA ■SlOVENIA ■SOuTH AFRICA ■SPAIN ■SRI lANKA ■TAJIKISTAN ■TuRKEy ■
TuRKMENISTAN ■uGANDA ■uNITED ARAb EMIRATES ■uNITED KINGDOM ■uRuGuAy ■VIET NAM ■WEST bANK ■ and GAzA STRIP
yEMEN ■zAMbIA ■
TONGA ■TRINIDAD AND TObAGO ■TuRKEy ■TuRKMENISTAN ■uGANDA ■uNITED ARAb EMIRATES ■
uNITED KINGDOM ■uRuGuAy ■VIET NAM ■WEST bANK ■ and GAzA STRIP
yEMEN ■zAMbIA ■
AFRI
CAAM
ERIC
ASEA
STER
N
MED
ITER
RANE
ANEU
ROPE
SOUT
H-EA
ST A
SIA
WES
TERN
PAC
IFIC
WOR
LD
0%20%40%60%80%
100%
No data/not categorizedNo banComplete ban
26
9
8
13
1
5
6
20
7
121
65
8
27
20
6
35
10
1
STaTuS Of SmOkE-fREE uNivERSiTiES By REGiON
PROPORTION OF
COUNTRIES(number of countries in
bars)
AFRI
CAAM
ERIC
ASEA
STER
N
MED
ITER
RANE
ANEU
ROPE
SOUT
H-EA
ST A
SIA
WES
TERN
PAC
IFIC
WOR
LD
0%20%40%60%80%
100%
No data/not categorizedNo banComplete ban
24
11
9
13
7
4
21
6
131
58
5
33
15
5
37
9
STaTuS Of SmOkE-fREE GOvERNmENT faCiliTiES By REGiON
PROPORTION OF
COUNTRIES(number of countries in
bars)
† Complete sub-national legislation covers at least 90% of the population.
6 SMOKE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS
NATIONAL SMOKING BAN ININDOOR OFFICES
AuSTRAlIA ■ †
bAHRAIN ■bElGIuM ■bENIN ■bHuTAN ■bOlIVIA ■
(PluRINATIONAl STATE OF)bRuNEI DARuSSAlAM ■buRKINA FASO ■CANADA ■ †
CHAD ■COlOMbIA ■DJIbOuTI ■EGyPT ■FINlAND ■GERMANy ■GuATEMAlA ■GuINEA ■INDIA ■IRAN (ISlAMIC REPublIC OF) ■
IRElAND ■JORDAN ■lIbyAN ARAb JAMAHIRIyA ■lITHuANIA ■MARSHAll ISlANDS ■MAuRITIuS ■NEW zEAlAND ■NIGERIA ■PANAMA ■PORTuGAl ■SOMAlIA ■SPAIN ■SRI lANKA ■TAJIKISTAN ■TONGA ■TuRKEy ■TuRKMENISTAN ■uGANDA ■uNITED ARAb EMIRATES ■
Indoor offices include all private sector offices.
As of December 31, 2008, 43 countries completely banned smoking in indoor offices.
AFRI
CAAM
ERIC
ASEA
STER
N
MED
ITER
RANE
ANEU
ROPE
SOUT
H-EA
ST A
SIA
WES
TERN
PAC
IFIC
WOR
LD
0%20%40%60%80%
100%
No data/not categorizedNo banComplete ban
38
8
28
6
13
937
11
5
8
3
21
6
145
43
61STaTuS Of iNdOOR OffiCES By REGiON
Transport includes buses, taxies, trains, domestic air transport, international air transport, domestic water transport and international water transport.
As of December 31, 2008, 60 countries completely banned smoking on public transport.
NATIONAL SMOKING BAN INPUBLIC TRANSPORT
ARMENIA ■AuSTRAlIA ■ †
bAHRAIN ■bHuTAN ■bOlIVIA ■
(PluRINATIONAl STATE OF)bRAzIl ■bRuNEI DARuSSAlAM ■bulGARIA ■CANADA ■ †
CAPE VERDE ■COlOMbIA ■COOK ISlANDS ■CubA ■CyPRuS ■CzECH REPublIC ■CONGO (DR) ■DJIbOuTI ■EGyPT ■El SAlVADOR ■FINlAND ■GERMANy ■GREECE ■
GuATEMAlA ■GuINEA ■HONDuRAS ■ICElAND ■IRAN (ISlAMIC REPublIC OF) ■IRElAND ■JORDAN ■lEbANON ■lIbyAN ARAb JAMAHIRIyA ■MAlAySIA ■MAlTA ■MARSHAll ISlANDS ■MAuRITIuS ■MExICO ■NEW zEAlAND ■NIGER ■NIGERIA ■PAKISTAN ■PANAMA ■PERu ■PORTuGAl ■qATAR ■ROMANIA ■
SINGAPORE ■SlOVAKIA ■SRI lANKA ■TAJIKISTAN ■THAIlAND ■TuRKEy ■TuRKMENISTAN ■TuVAlu ■uNITED KINGDOM ■
uRuGuAy ■VENEzuElA (bOlIVARIAN ■
REPublIC OF)VIET NAM ■WEST bANK ■ and GAzA STRIPzAMbIA ■zIMbAbWE ■
PROPORTION OF
COUNTRIES(number of countries in
bars)
AFRI
CAAM
ERIC
ASEA
STER
N
MED
ITER
RANE
ANEU
ROPE
SOUT
H-EA
ST A
SIA
WES
TERN
PAC
IFIC
WOR
LD
0%20%40%60%80%
100%
No data/not categorizedNo banComplete ban
37
8
1
22
1311
10
1
29
17
7
8
3
18
9
125
60
9
STaTuS Of SmOkE-fREE puBliC TRaNSpORT By REGiON
PROPORTION OF
COUNTRIES(number of countries in
bars)
uNITED KINGDOM ■uRuGuAy ■VIET NAM ■WEST bANK ■ and GAzA STRIPzAMbIA ■
† Complete sub-national legislation covers at least 90% of the population
7 SMOKE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS
Governments around the world recognized that exposure to tobacco smoke is a major cause of mortality and morbidity when they unanimously adopted the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (FCTC). To protect their citizens from the harms of secondhand smoke, Parties to the FCTC developed and adopted strong, evidence based guidelines for implementation of Article 8 of the FCTC. by becoming Parties to the FCTC, governments are legally bound to implement comprehensive smoke-free policies in all public places assessed in the 2009 WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic.
As of November 30, 2009, 168 countries have ratified the FCTC. However, this report shows that the majority of these countries continue to fail to provide adequate protection to their citizens from the harms of secondhand smoke. According to the 2009 WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, only 17 countries are implementing policies that adequately protect their citizens from the deadly harms of secondhand smoke and comply with the legal requirements of the FCTC. The Framework Convention Alliance calls upon all countries ratifying the FCTC to meet their treaty obligations and fully protect their citizens from the harms of secondhand smoke.
DATA NOTESunless otherwise noted, the data in this report is from the 2009 WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic. The 2009 report is an update to the 2008 MPOWER package that detailed six policies to reduce tobacco’s deadly toll. The MPOWER package of measures include monitoring tobacco use and prevention policies, protecting from tobacco smoke, offering help to quit tobacco use, warning about the dangers of tobacco, enforcing bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship and raising taxes on tobacco. Countries were asked to report on the national status of the MPOWER measure as of December 31, 2008.
Conclusion
NATIONAL SMOKING BAN INRESTAURANTS, PUBS AND BARS
AuSTRAlIA ■ †
bElGIuM* ■bHuTAN ■bOlIVIA ■
(PluRINATIONAl STATE OF)*
bRuNEI DARuSSAlAM** ■CANADA ■ †
CHAD ■COlOMbIA ■DJIbOuTI ■GuATEMAlA ■GuINEA ■IRAN (ISlAMIC REPublIC OF) ■
IRElAND ■MARSHAll ISlANDS ■MAuRITIuS ■NEW zEAlAND ■NORWAy ■PANAMA ■SINGAPORE* ■TuRKEy ■TuVAlu ■uNITED KINGDOM ■uRuGuAy ■WEST bANK ■ and GAzA STRIP*
zAMbIA ■
Restaurants primarily serve food that is made and consumed on the premises, though it may be taken-away. Restaurants may also serve alcoholic beverages, but the substantial portion of profit should come from the sale of food.
Pubs and bars make a substantial portion of their profits from the sale of beverages, whether alcoholic or not. They may also sell food or other items.
As of December 31, 2008, 25 countries completely banned smoking in restaurants, and 20 countries completely banned smoking in all restaurants, pubs and bars.
AFRI
CAAM
ERIC
ASEA
STER
N
MED
ITER
RANE
ANEU
ROPE
SOUT
H-EA
ST A
SIA
WES
TERN
PAC
IFIC
WOR
LD
0%20%40%60%80%
100%
No data/not categorizedNo banComplete ban
41
4
1
30
5
17
2
3
43
4
6
9
1
1
22
4
1
162
20
12
STaTuS Of SmOkE-fREE RESTauRaNTS, puBS aNd BaRS By REGiON
PROPORTION OF
COUNTRIES(number of countries in
bars)
* Restaurants only. Complete ban does not include pubs and bars.** Pubs and Bars data not required/not applicable.† Complete sub-national legislation covers at least 90% of the population.