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Republic Act 9211 (RA 9211), otherwise known as the Tobacco
Regulations Act of 2003:
Section 5 of RA 9211 and Title II, Rule I, Sections
1-3 of its implementing rules and regulations (IRR) prohibit smoking
in all public facilities including airport and ship terminals,
train and bus stations, recreational places, shopping malls, movie
houses, hotels, restaurants, schools, offices, conference halls, and
in all enclosed or confined places that are open to the general
public, except for designated separate smoking areas.
Section 6 of RA 9211 and Title II, Rule I, Sections 3-5 of its IRR
require that designated smoking areas shall:
- not be located within the same room that has been designated as
a non-smoking area;
- be completely enclosed or physically separated from the rest of
the premises and equipped with adequate ventilation in conformity
with the provisions of Presidential Decree No. 1096, otherwise known
as the "National Building Code", and the Philippine Society of Mechanical
Engineers Code;
- be fully separated from smoke-free areas by continuous floor-to-ceiling
or floor-to-floor solid partitions which are interrupted only by doors
equipped with door closers, and which must be constantly closed except
when a person is entering or exiting the area; and
- have at least one (1) legible and visible sign posted saying "SMOKING
AREA", in English or Filipino, which shall be placed conspicuously
at the entrance to the designated smoking area and include a warning
in English or Filipino about the ill effects of both direct and secondary
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