Cabo Verde

Smoking is banned in the following workplaces: government facilities; healthcare facilities; daycares, nurseries, and other places that cater to children under the age of 18; educational institutions; sports venues, stadiums, and gymnasiums; garages and gasoline stations; covered public transportation terminals and stops; and addiction rehabilitation centers. In other specified enclosed and semi-enclosed workplaces, smoking areas are permitted. Therefore, the regulatory status code “Smoking is Restricted” is given.

To align with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines, the law should prohibit smoking in all indoor workplaces.

Smoking is banned in the following public places: government facilities; healthcare facilities; daycares, nurseries, and other places that cater to children under the age of 18; educational institutions; sports venues, stadiums, and gymnasiums; garages and gasoline stations; elevators; ATMs; covered public transportation terminals and stops; and addiction rehabilitation centers. In other specified enclosed and semi-enclosed public places, smoking areas are permitted. Therefore, the regulatory status code “Smoking is Restricted” is given.

To align with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines, the law should prohibit smoking in all indoor public places.

The law prohibits smoking inside public transport.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines with respect to public transport.

The law prohibits smoking in “all places housing government and public administration departments, services, and agencies.”

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines with respect to government facilities.

The law completely prohibits smoking in certain places, including: government facilities; healthcare facilities; daycares, nurseries and other places that cater to children under the age of 18; educational institutions; sports venues, stadiums, and gymnasiums; garages and gasoline stations; covered public transportation terminals and stops; and addiction rehabilitation centers. Therefore, smoking is prohibited in private offices in these places. However, in other types of workplaces smoking areas are allowed. Therefore, the law is interpreted as allowing smoking in private offices in other types of workplaces.

To align with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines, the law should prohibit smoking in all private offices.

The law prohibits smoking in “facilities where healthcare is provided, particularly hospitals, healthcare regions, clinics, health centers, units, and agencies, medical offices, laboratories, pharmacies, and the like.”

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines with respect to hospitals.

The law prohibits smoking in facilities where healthcare is provided, including hospitals. The law also prohibits smoking in inpatient drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation and support centers. However, the law permits smoking areas in “homes and other facilities that care for the elderly, or persons with handicaps or disabilities.” This is interpreted as allowing smoking areas in public areas of these facilities. Therefore, the regulatory status code “Smoking is Restricted” is given.

To align with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines, the law should prohibit smoking in public areas of all residential healthcare facilities.

The law prohibits smoking in “facilities where healthcare is provided, particularly hospitals, healthcare regions, clinics, health centers, units, and agencies, medical offices, laboratories, pharmacies, and the like.” Therefore, smoking is prohibited in non-residential healthcare facilities.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines with respect to non-residential healthcare facilities.

The law prohibits smoking in “places that cater to people under the age of 18, particularly nursery schools, daycare centers and other childcare establishments, homes for children and youth, recreation centers, summer camps and the like.”

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines with respect to childcare facilities and preschools.

The law prohibits smoking in “places that cater to people under the age of 18” and in “education institutions, regardless of the age of the students and level of instruction, including, vocational and technical schools.” Therefore, smoking is prohibited in primary and secondary schools.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines with respect to primary and secondary schools.

The law prohibits smoking in “education institutions, regardless of the age of the students and level of instruction, including, vocational and technical schools.” Therefore, smoking is prohibited in universities and vocational facilities.

The law permits smoking areas in “closed or semi-enclosed public retail spaces.” Therefore, smoking is restricted in shops.

To align with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines, the law should prohibit smoking in shops.

The law permits smoking areas in “museums, cultural centers, archives and libraries, conference rooms, reading rooms, meeting rooms, and exhibition venues” and in “movie theaters, theaters, presentation rooms and venues and other locations where artistic presentations and performances are done.” Therefore, the regulatory status code “Smoking is Restricted” is given.

To align with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines, the law should prohibit smoking in cultural facilities.

The law prohibits smoking in “sports venues, stadiums, gymnasiums, and the like.”

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines with respect to indoor stadiums and arenas.

The law permits smoking areas in “all closed or semi-enclosed restaurants, bars, and other establishments that serve food or drinks.”

To align with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines, the law should prohibit smoking in restaurants.

The law permits smoking areas in “all closed or semi-enclosed restaurants, bars, and other establishments that serve food or drinks” and in “late-night entertainment establishments, particularly nightclubs, dance clubs, and the like.”

To align with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines, the law should prohibit smoking in bars, pubs and nightclubs.

The law permits smoking areas in “leisure facilities, casinos, bingo rooms, game rooms, and other types of spaces where non-artistic presentations are performed.”

To align with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines, the law should prohibit smoking in casinos.

The law permits smoking areas in “shared areas inside hotels, residential areas, or other tourist facilities in which lodging services are provided.”

To align with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines, the law should prohibit smoking in public areas of hotels.

The law prohibits smoking in certain enumerated public places and restricts smoking to designated areas in other enumerated public places. Hotel guest rooms are not among those places listed. Therefore, the law is interpreted as allowing smoking in hotel guest rooms.

To align with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines, the law should prohibit smoking in guest rooms in hotels and lodging facilities.

The law prohibits smoking in “all places housing government and public administration departments, services, and agencies.” This provision is interpreted as including prisons. Therefore, smoking is prohibited in public areas of prisons.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines with respect to public areas of prisons and detention facilities.

The law prohibits smoking inside public transportation. “Public transportation” is defined broadly and therefore smoking is prohibited in trains, buses, and other shared ground transportation.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines with respect to trains, buses, and other shared ground transport.

The law prohibits smoking inside public transportation. “Public transportation” is defined broadly and therefore smoking is prohibited in taxis.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines with respect to taxis.

The law prohibits smoking inside public transportation. “Public transportation” is defined broadly and therefore smoking is prohibited in commercial aircraft.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines with respect to commercial aircraft.

The law prohibits smoking inside public transportation. “Public transportation” is defined broadly and therefore smoking is prohibited in commercial watercraft.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines with respect to commercial aircraft.

The law permits smoking areas in airports and water-transportation terminals. However, smoking is prohibited “inside covered public transportation terminals and stops.” Because smoking is permitted in smoking areas in some public transportation facilities, the regulatory status code “Smoking is Restricted” is given.

To align with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines, the law should prohibit smoking in all public transport facilities.

Smoking is prohibited inside private vehicles when people less than eighteen years of age are being transported.