General requirements for all smoking-free locations indoor and within the premises in Vietnam

General requirements for all smoking-free locations in Vietnam

- Having placed, printed, or arranged (hereinafter referred to as placing) signs, letters, or symbols with content prohibiting smoking (hereinafter collectively referred to as signs).

Agencies, organizations, and individuals refer to Forms No. 1 and No. 2 in Appendix 1 issued together with Circular 11/2023/TT-BYT

- The sea ensures the following requirements:

+ The message content is clear, easy to understand, and concise;

+ Durable marine material, hard to fade; signs placed outdoors withstand the impact of the external environment;

+ The size and font size of the signboard are suitable for the position and space of the signboard; bold, easy-to-read text; font color; icon contrast with background color;

+ Signboards placed in public places in insufficient light conditions: with reflectors, marine lighting, or other suitable forms to ensure easy viewing.

- The placement of signs must satisfy the following requirements:

+ The distance between the seas is suitable for the scale and space of each location;

+ Put the sign in an easy-to-observe position, in an area with a lot of people passing by; entrance gate to campus area, outdoor parking area; for indoor areas located at doors, front halls, reception areas, waiting chairs, floors of stairs, in elevators, covered corridors, garages, toilets.

- There are no ashtrays, smoking utensils, butts, or cigarette butts in the smoking-free area.

Specific requirements for all smoking-free locations in Vietnam

- There is a sea in the campus area.

- For medical facilities: At least put the sign in the examination area, ward, canteen, canteen.

- For educational institutions: At least put the sign in the hall, meeting room, working room, classroom area, security room, library, multi-purpose room, canteen, canteen, boarding room area, or semi-boarding room.

- For establishments that care, nurture, play, and entertain exclusively for children: At least put signs in meeting rooms, common rooms, canteens, rest rooms, and other necessary areas with children. .

- For establishments or areas with a high risk of fire and explosion, as specified in Appendix II to the List of Establishments at Risk of Fire and Explosion, promulgated together with Decree 136/2020/ND-CP: Place the sign at the place where there is a source of fire and explosion risk.

Circular 11/2023/TT-BYT takes effect on August 1, 2023.

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