Albania changes anti-duhan law, non-drinking even in glass closed environments

This Wednesday has enabled implementation of some changes made to the anti-duhan law in Albania.

Besides smoking is not allowed to be consumed in closed environments, no local owner will now be able to debate with inspectors who control law enforcement, since it is clearly defined when considered a closed environment.

Any glass or plastic environment, one meter or two metre, is called closed”, says Areti Beruka of the State Health Inspectorate in Albania, tch reports.

Changes in the law have also affected fines since there have been cases when a bar after receiving fines allowed to be consumed in closed environments and even had cases according to Beruka, where it has been fined ten times. Now, if you repeat, the subject's license is removed.

If, within three months, you repeat, the fine doubles, if you repeat it again, the fine triples and amounts to 18 million old dollars and then is removed from a” license, Beruka added.

In closed environments, there will be no more rain, hooks, electronic cigarette, or boiler allowed.

While it has given businesses two years to leave the market to smoke cigarettes with different flavors or smaller packs of cigarettes, they say it affects increased purchasing power.