Selected outdoor venues will be added to the smoking ban in public places and smoke-free buffer zones created around shopping malls and theatres to reduce inhalation of second-hand smoke, the Daily Sabah reported.

Restaurants and cafes that previously were allowed to seat smoking customers outdoors will be required to create smoking and non-smoking sections, the publication said on its website. Smoking on playgrounds and in courtyards of schools and mosques will be banned under regulations being prepared by the Health Ministry. Cigarette sales near schools will be banned.
Health Minister Mehmet Müezuzzinoğlu said the new curbs will be implemented as soon as possible, according to the Daily Sabah.