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Smoking to be prohibited at all restaurants from 2015

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All customer areas of general restaurants, eateries, and bakeries larger than 150㎡ were designated as non-smoking areas effective from December 8, 2012, and this designation will be applied to areas larger than 100㎡ from January 1, 2014 and to all businesses from January 1, 2015.

 

The six-month grace period of the non-smoking policy ended on June 30, 2013. From July 1, those caught smoking in non-smoking areas will be slapped with a fine of 100,000 won, while business owners violating the regulation by allowing customers to smoke within their premises will be fined up to 5 million won.

 

For more details, please read the announcement of the Ministry of Health & Welfare at

http://english.mw.go.kr/front_eng/al/sal0101vw.jsp?PAR_MENU_ID=1002&MENU_ID=100201&page=1&CONT_SEQ=273739