page_title: List of smoking bans
section_title: Greece
hierarchical_section_title: List of smoking bans / Smoking bans by country / Greece
caption_attribution_description: English: Decree issued by King Otto and Queen Amalia, prohibiting smoking within state buildings. That is the first ban on smoking in modern Greece. Ελληνικά: Βασιλικό διάταγμα του 1856, με το οποίο απαγορεύεται το κάπνισμα στα δημόσια κτήρια. Είναι ο πρώτος αντικαπνιστικός νόμος του σύγχρονου ελληνικού κράτους.
context_page_description: This is a list of smoking bans by country. Smoking bans are public policies, including criminal laws and occupational safety and health regulations, which prohibit tobacco smoking in workplaces and/or other public spaces. Legislation may also, in some cases, restrict the carrying or possessing of any lit tobacco product.
context_section_description: As of 2010, Greece was the country with the highest rate of tobacco consumption (more than 40%) in the European Union. Since older legislation was not very efficient; a new, more comprehensive law was passed. Effective from 1 September 2010, this law prohibits smoking and consumption of tobacco products by other means, in all workplaces, transport stations, taxis and passenger ships (in trains, buses and aeroplanes smoking is already prohibited), as well as in all enclosed public places including restaurants, nightclubs, etc., without any exception. Casinos and bars bigger than 300 m² were given eight months to apply the law. Enforcement of the law is reportedly weak, with most owners of coffee shops, pubs, and restaurants continuing to permit smoking, especially at outdoor sitting areas.
caption: Royal decree of 1856, introducing the first restriction upon smoking in modern Greece. Prohibition was valid only within state buildings and was grounded on the need to prevent accidents.
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