What are the smoking restrictions in Spain?
Spain The law bans smoking in offices, shops, schools, hospitals, cultural centres and on public transport, including stations and airports. The law also states that restaurants and bars over 100 m² can designate a smoking area, but it has to be physically separated and may occupy at most 30% of the total floor space of the establishment. Establishments smaller than this may choose whether to allow or prohibit smoking. Additionally, the law prohibits the sale of tobacco products to persons under 18 years of age and limits the places in which tobacco can be sold. It went into effect Jan 2006. Months later, the community of Madrid made a decree which states that restaurants over 100m² are not required to make complete physical separation of the smoking and non-smoking areas. Three other autonomous communities made similar decrees that only requires that smoking areas be separated with ventilation systems.
