Announcement of the Ministry of Public Health
(No. 10) B.E. 2545 (2002)

Subject: Designation of the names or types of public places where

non-smokers’ health is under protection and

designation of areas and premises of the place

whereof as smoking or non-smoking areas

 

By virtue of the power vested by the provisions of Section 4 (1) and (2) and Section 15 of the Non-Smokers Protection Act B.E. 2535 (1992), the Minister of the Ministry of Public Health hereby prescribes this announcement as follows:

 

Article 1
Ministerial announcement No. 10 of the Non-Smokers’ Health Protection Act B.E. 2545 (2002) will herein replace the previous Ministerial Announcement No.7 of the Non-Smokers’ Health Protection Act B.E. 2540 (1997).

 

Article 2
A complete ban will be placed on smoking in the following areas -:

1. Public Buses
2. Private Buses
3. Air Conditioned Rail Carriages
4. Public Boats

5. Domestic Flights

6. Air-conditioned air, rail, road and sea terminals
(public areas only)
7. Elevators
8. Public telephone boxes
9. School buses
10. Theatres (all types)
11. Public libraries
12. Air-conditioned mini-marts, hairdressers, tailors, beauty salons, drug stores and internet venues
13. Air-conditioned shopping centers and department stores

14. Air-conditioned sport centers
15. Outpatient clinics
16. Religious places, only in the section where religious practices are performed
17. Food courts and restaurants or function centers, only in the air-conditioned sections

18. Toilets

19. Piers

 

Article 3
A partial ban will be placed on smoking in the following areas (excluding private rooms) -:

1. Schools or educational institutes of the secondary levels and under
2. Museums, galleries, cultural exhibitions etc.
3. Hospitals
4. Nursery and pre-school centers
5. Indoor Stadiums

 

Article 4
A partial ban will be placed on smoking in the following areas (excluding private rooms and designated smoking areas) -:

1. Building of the universities, colleges and educational institute of the university level.
2. Air-conditioned showrooms and exhibition buildings
3. Government and Private Buildings
4. Banks and Financial Institutions
5. Air-conditioned workplaces

6. Domestic and International Airports

 

Article 5
Passenger train compartments without air-conditioning system shall be deemed the places where non-smoking health is under protection.

 

 The public places as stipulated in the first paragraph shall, at operating hours, be deemed non-smoking areas except in the compartment provided as smoking areas which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total non-air conditioned compartments of the train.

 

Article 6
This announcement shall enter into force after ninety days of the date of its publication in the Government Gazette. (1)

Announced on the 18th July 2545 (2002)

 

(1) Published in the Government Gazette, Book 119, Part 74 dated 9th August 2002