Fines Up to €1,000 Aim to Protect Minors from Passive Smoking
As of August 2019, smoking in a car with a child under the age of 16 has been illegal throughout Belgium, following the implementation of the ban in the Brussels region. Flanders and Wallonia had already adopted similar legislation earlier in the year.
Read moreAustria has joined the growing list of European countries taking steps to protect children and young people from the dangers of secondhand smoke in vehicles. As of 2018, a new law has come into force that prohibits smoking in cars when passengers under the age of 18 are present.
Read moreThe Finnish government has put forward a supplementary proposal to its Tobacco Act, which was initially submitted to Parliament in February. The new proposal seeks to ban smoking in cars when children under the age of 15 are present. The primary objective of this smoking ban is to minimize children’s exposure to tobacco smoke and the associated harmful health effects.
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