PM asks ministers to smoke outside the Govt. building as smoking ban enforced in Romania

Romania’s Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos invited his cabinet members to smoke outside the Government’s building as a new law that bans smoking in all enclosed public spaces became effective on Wednesday, March 16. Ciolos asked the Government’s secretary general to see to it that a special place for smokers is set up outside the Government’s building in Bucharest’s Victoriei Square, according to local Mediafax. He also announced that a guide containing information about the smoking ban has been created. The guide, which will include the new law’s implementing rules, will also be available online. Romanian clubs organize “goodbye” parties for smokers one day before smoking ban Study: 80% of urban Romanians agree with the smoking ban in public places editor@romania-insider.com