Denounce >> https://www.facua.org/es/camp.php?seccion=2
or here taken from The Leader newspaper (see below for those of you who won't click on links).
Let us ALL denounce the culprits!
Following on from our recent reports about smoking being banned in public places across Spain, we thought it might be a good idea to clarify a few points so that there can be no confusion.
Firstly, the law is quite clear in that it states that smoking is banned in the interiors of all public places, for example bars, restaurants, museums, shops, shopping centres, in other words, any building where the public may congregate. There are no exceptions to this rule.
The community based organization www.nofumadores.org, have compiled a simple model of procedure, should you see a person breaking the rules. Firstly, they suggest that you simply ask that the person stops smoking. Failing this, the suggest asking a person responsible for the establishment to enforce the law, and finally, should neither of these options seem viable, you can report the individual and premises for a violation of the law, for which fines can range from 30€ to 600,000€, depending on the severity of the case and the number of complaints raised.
In the first few hours of the law coming into force, the Spanish consumer association FACUA had already received 300 such complaints of violations of the law by venue owners, all of which will be investigated.
So, if we first have a look at where smoking is not allowed, that will allow us to see where you can smoke.
It is illegal to smoke…
• …in any enclosed public building, such as bars, restaurants, nightclubs, museums etc. There is no exception to this rule.
• …in airports and transport stations, except in designated smoking areas.
• …on public transport, which includes open top buses.
• …inside hospitals, schools and children´s playgrounds, including those found inside parks.
However, you are allowed to smoke…
• …outside university campuses.
• …in open roofed arenas.
• …in designated smoking areas in nursing homes, psychiatric hospitals and prisons.
• …inside uncovered terraces of bars and restaurants, so long as they have only two walls and a roof at the most.
Smoking is also not generally allowed inside hotels, but a hotel is allowed to designate up to 30% of rooms as smoking rooms, but they must always be grouped together and separated from the none smoking rooms.
So now you should be able to go about your daily life, clear in the knowledge that the law is there to protect individuals and minors from the dangers of smoking, both actively and passively, and that the government has taken the steps to bring Spain into line with the rest of Europe.
Tobacco advertising has also been outlawed as part of the new legislation, and it is hoped that by not glamorizing smoking, it will lead to a longer lifespan of the population and a cleaner, smoke free world for all.