Anti-smoking measure to be introduced on Thursday

Starting Thursday, restaurants and bars in the Czech Republic will have to display stickers at their entrance that inform customers whether the establishment is smoking or non-smoking. Failure to comply with the new measure can result in fines of up to 5000 Czech crowns. In case staff allows customers to smoke on premises which are designated non-smoking areas, bar and restaurant owners can be fined up to 10,000 Czech crowns. The measure is part of a change in the anti-smoking law which was approved by the Czech president a year ago. Owners of bars and restaurants were given a year to implement the change.