The government announced the officially required standards for casino smoking lounges in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday.
The legislature passed the government-initiated Tobacco Prevention and Control Law’s amendment bill during a plenary session in July. The bill is slated to take effect on January 1 next year.
The amendments state that smoking lounges with the officially required standards will have to be set up within a year of the law coming into force. The current smoking lounges and smoking areas can remain in place during the year-long interim period, until casinos finish setting up the smoking lounges in accordance with the new official standards.
