Bulgaria will introduce a complete ban on smoking in public areas in cafes and restaurants covering less than 50 square metres in mid-2011, the Health Ministry said on January 18 2011.
The move was agreed during a meeting between Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, Health Minister Stefan Konstantinov, Desislava Atanasova, chair of the parliamentary health committee, representatives of the Economy Ministry, the Bulgarian hotel and restaurant ...
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Bulgaria will introduce a complete ban on smoking in public areas in cafes and restaurants covering less than 50 square metres in mid-2011, the Health Ministry said on January 18 2011.
The move was agreed during a meeting between Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, Health Minister Stefan Konstantinov, Desislava Atanasova, chair of the parliamentary health committee, representatives of the Economy Ministry, the Bulgarian hotel and restaurant association and the Sofia Association of Hotel Managers.
The decision was immediately opposed by small-size businesses, which said that the new restriction would produce a wave of bankruptcies.
According to the owners, the new regulations cater for the interests of larger operators.
Currently, the decision on whether to adopt the smoking ban in cafes and restaurants spanning less than 50 square metres is up to the owners.
The ban, expected to be introduced in June, will mainly affect small local cafes and pubs that are frequented mostly by smokers.
Great news nothing worse than sitting in a restaurant
eating your food, and someone blowing smoke your way.
They said it woul not work in UK but it has, why should we suffer some ones habit.
What wrong with getting up and have a puff out side, my safer for my kids !!
I am waiting for someone to come back and say some reason why they should be able to, but come on if cigs had been discovered now they would be banned.
so come on smokers show some consideration for others.
Have to say that the bulgarian smokers have been most considerate to us as we have small children. Generally they move further away and even upstairs in one restaurant. So I have never been too bothered about this. However there are many heavy smokers in bulgaria and this ban can only make them cut down, and will certainly encourage the young people not to take up the habit in the first place. For these reasons I welcome this ban!