FBiH PARLIAMENT SUPPORTS BAN ON SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES

The draft law on the control and limited use of tobacco, tobacco and other smoking product is approved by a majority vote at today's session of the House of Representatives of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and submitted to public consultation for 30 days.Before the vote, declarative were against some individuals, users of tobacco products, such as the Letter of Mira Ljubijankić, because, as she said, the law rightly recognizes the right to health care for people who do not smoke, but not the rights passionate smokers of tobacco because it does not prescribe areas where smoking is allowed.

Miri Ljubijankić replicated deputy Zlatko Kravić saying that he is a smoker, but it will support the bill because he believes that should motivate tobacco users to try quitting harmful habits.The draft is approved, the federal government is in charge of in making the final proposal, accept comments and suggestions handed in today's parliamentary debate. Most of the complaints requires the legislature to prescribe areas in which the beneficiary of tobacco can practice their habit.

According to the explanation of Snjezana Bodnaruk from the Federal Ministry of Health, the bill, in order to protect and improve the health of the population, regulate or prohibit the use of all tobacco products for smoking in all enclosed public places, on public gatherings, workplaces and public transport, even in private cars if in them minors. For violators of the provisions of Aban smoking indoors law provides for fines of 100 hp natural persons, while corporate nuanced penalties ranging from 2,000 to 5,000 KM. There will also be greater penalties private individuals in connection with illegal sale of tobacco products and other violations in the industry.

The Act regulates the sale, advertising, packaging, government with the tobacco industry, the contents of tobacco products and other effective measures to control tobacco.Bodnaruk said that the packs of cigarettes cost a large combined warnings about the dangers of tobacco smoke on human health.The draft law is in compliance with the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, an international document which has supremacy over national legislation, she added.

The Convention obliges signatories to the protection of public health from all forms of exposure to tobacco smoke.The text is aligned and with a number of other documents in this area and made it multi-sector, under the auspices of the European Commission, as well as in cooperation with patient organizations.Complies with the regulations of the European Union, said Snjezana Bodnaruk.

• 14 Mar, 2017
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