Nepal \u2013 The Ministry of Administration has ordered all its decentralized agencies across the country to strictly enforce the 2011 Tobacco Products Act. This includes enforcing a ban on smoking in public places and prohibiting all forms of tobacco advertising. The law also prohibits the sale and distribution of tobacco and tobacco-related products in certain public places, particularly educational institutions, parks, daycare centers, and homes for the elderly.<\/p>\n
The law requires the mandatory posting of visible and legible signs reminding people of the smoking ban in various public places. According to the law, any person or business violating the law is liable to a fine ranging from 100 rupees (\u20ac0.80) to 100,000 rupees (\u20ac800), depending on the nature of the violation.<\/p>\n
As a reminder, Nepal became a party to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control on February 5, 2007, and has adopted various tobacco control measures over the past few decades. The Government of Nepal approved the anti-smoking guidelines of the Tobacco Products Control and Regulation Act, 2010 in November 2011. This was considered a milestone in the fight against tobacco use in the country. Since then, Nepal has made significant progress in tobacco control. Although Nepal has not yet implemented plain packaging, health warnings cover 90% of the cigarette pack surface. This is the largest size of health warnings in the world.<\/p>\n