烟草在线据法新社报道编译　　捷克媒体称，捷克共和国正在考虑在餐馆全面禁烟，此举将使该国与许多欧盟国家看齐。

　　“我们将提出法律的新版本，是至今为止最严厉的——在餐馆内全面禁烟。”《民众日报》（Lidovenoviny）引述卫生部副部长马丁·普利斯克的话说。

　　根据现行法律，餐馆可以自由决定是否允许在餐馆内抽烟。

　　对违法者处以高额罚款，新的法规还将在非露天的啤酒花园里禁烟，但是容许在露天的啤酒花园抽烟。

　　捷克新闻社援引布拉格的查尔斯大学5月份的一份调查显示，78%的捷克公民支持全面禁烟。

　　普利斯科称，该禁令将于2013年8月生效。

　　捷克共和国在延迟了8年后，于今年6月成为最后一个签署世界卫生组织《烟草控制框架公约》的欧盟成员国。

　　根据近期欧盟公布的调查显示，在捷克共和国，一个在2004年加入欧盟的拥有1050万人口的前共产主义国家，十分之三超过15岁的人都是吸烟者。

　　在捷克15-18岁人口中，吸烟者占40%。

Czech Republic: Czechs Mull Blanket Ban on Smoking

　　Prague - The Czech Republic is contemplating a blanket ban on smoking in restaurants, a step that would put the country on par with many of its EU peers, Czech media reported.

　　"We will submit a new version of the law, the toughest ever here - a complete ban on smoking in restaurants," the Lidove noviny broadsheet quoted deputy health minister Martin Plisek as saying.

　　Under the current law, restaurants are free to decide whether to permit smoking inside.

　　Slapping hefty fines on offenders, the new proposal would also ban smoking in beer gardens with a roof but tolerate smoking in roofless ones.

　　The CTK news agency quoted a May survey by Prague-based Charles University, which showed 78% of Czechs were in favour of a complete ban on smoking.

　　Plisek said the ban could take effect in August 2013.

　　The Czech Republic ratified the World Health Organisation's convention on tobacco control in June as the last EU member country, after eight years of delays.

　　In the Czech Republic, an ex-communist country of 10.5 million which joined the EU in 2004, three in ten people older than 15 years are smokers, according to a recently published EU survey.

　　Among Czechs aged 15-18 years, smokers make up 40%. Enditem