Finland

The law permits separate smoking areas in most indoor workplaces and public places. However, smoking areas are not permitted in indoor areas that are mainly used by persons under the age of 18; therefore, daycares, preschools, and primary and secondary schools are 100% smoke free.

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

The law permits separate smoking areas in most indoor workplaces and public places. However, smoking areas are not permitted in indoor areas that are mainly used by persons under the age of 18; therefore, daycares, preschools, and primary and secondary schools are 100% smoke free.

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 in most public transport (non-private vehicles). However, the law provides for an exception for the indoor areas of a restaurant on board a vessel used in international maritime transport when the serving area is not larger than 50 square meters or no more than 50 percent of the area in larger establishments. Because of this exception, 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 on all public transport.

The law permits separate smoking areas in most indoor workplaces and public places, which includes government facilities.

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

The law permits separate smoking areas in most indoor workplaces and public places, which includes private offices.

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

The law permits separate smoking areas in most indoor workplaces and public places, which includes hospitals.

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

The law permits separate smoking areas in most indoor workplaces and public places, which includes residential healthcare facilities.

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

The law permits separate smoking areas in most indoor workplaces and public places, which includes non-residential healthcare facilities.

To align with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines, the law should prohibit smoking in non-residential healthcare facilities.

The law permits separate smoking areas in most indoor workplaces and public places. However, these are not permitted in indoor areas that are mainly used by persons under the age of 18. The law also specifies that smoking is not permitted in indoor areas of homes used to provide day care services. Therefore, childcare facilities and preschools are 100% smoke free.

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

The law permits separate smoking areas in most indoor workplaces and public places. However, these are not permitted in indoor areas that are mainly used by persons under the age of 18. Therefore, primary and secondary schools are 100% smoke free.

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

The law permits separate smoking areas in most indoor workplaces and public places, which includes universities and vocational facilities.

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

The law permits separate smoking areas in most indoor workplaces and public places, which includes shops.

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

The law permits separate smoking areas in most indoor workplaces and public places, which includes cultural facilities.

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

The law permits separate smoking areas in most indoor workplaces and public places, which includes indoor stadiums and arenas.

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

The law permits separate smoking areas in most indoor workplaces and public places, which includes restaurants. Food and beverage service is prohibited in the smoking area.

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

The law permits separate smoking areas in most indoor workplaces and public places, which includes bars, pubs, and nightclubs.

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 separate smoking areas in most indoor workplaces and public places, which includes casinos.

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

The law permits separate smoking areas in most indoor workplaces and public places, which includes public areas of hotels.

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

The law provides a specific exception allowing smoking in a maximum of one out of ten rooms for customer accommodation in a hotel or other tourist accommodation establishment or, depending on the number of rooms, in a maximum of three 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 permits separate smoking areas in most indoor workplaces and public places, which includes public areas of prisons and detention facilities.

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

The law prohibits smoking inside of vehicles that are accessible to the public or employees or accessible to customers for the purpose of providing commercial or public services. This is interpreted to cover 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 of vehicles that are accessible to the public or employees or accessible to customers for the purpose of providing commercial or public services. This is interpreted to cover taxis.

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

The law prohibits smoking inside of vehicles that are accessible to the public or employees or accessible to customers for the purpose of providing commercial or public services. This is interpreted to cover 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 of vehicles that are accessible to the public or employees or accessible to customers for the purpose of providing commercial or public services. This is interpreted to cover commercial watercraft. However, there is an exception provided for the indoor areas of a restaurant on board a vessel used in international maritime transport when the serving area is not larger than 50 square meters or no more than 50 percent of the area in larger establishments.

To align with FCTC Art. 8 and the FCTC Art. 8 Guidelines, the law should prohibit all smoking on commercial watercraft.

The law permits separate smoking areas in most indoor workplaces and public places, which includes public transport facilities.

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

The law prohibits smoking in private vehicles with anyone under the age of 15 present in the vehicle. The prohibition does not apply to living areas inside of vehicles.

The law prohibits smoking in the shared and public indoor areas of housing corporations. Additionally, housing corporations can request municipalities to impose a smoking ban.