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– I used to smoke and I will smoke on the balcony and that’s about it … Now everything bothers everyone – says Anna from Warsaw. Pety always throws it in a jar of water. He claims that as long as he does not soil the neighbors’ balcony, he can do whatever he wants on his part. Kamil, in turn, adds that fines should be given to people who whip up chops from the very morning on the weekend or drill in the walls in the evenings. – Is it possible to get a fine for notorious tearing of faces? It disturbs other residents as much as smoking on the balcony … – he adds. However, not everyone is of this opinion.
Smoking on the balcony. The neighbors are fed up
Krystyna is fed up with smoking neighbors. She stopped hanging laundry on the balcony because the cigarette ashes of the couple living above her were burning through her fabrics. – Not only do they smoke and smell, but also cigarettes can snap over the balcony – he says. Another of our readers adds that her neighbors who are addicted to smoking also throw cigarette butts over the balcony. – The Christmas trees that grow there look like they’re decorated for Christmas. And that eternal stench. You want to let some fresh air into your home, and here you can’t. Some argue that the solution to the problem would be to completely ban smoking on the balcony. What’s the law for that?
Can you get a fine for smoking on the balcony?
The Act of 8 April 2010 amending the Act on protection of health against the consequences of using tobacco and tobacco products and the Act on the State Sanitary Inspection does not prohibit smoking on the balcony. According to its content, smoking is not allowed:
- ? in hospitals and medical clinics;
- ? in workplaces;
- ? in nurseries, kindergartens, schools and universities;
- ? in cultural and leisure facilities for public use;
- ? in gastronomic and entertainment establishments;
- ? on public transport;
- ? at public transport stops;
- ? in the premises of sports facilities;
- ? on children’s playgrounds;
- ? in other public spaces
Attorney Łukasz Skiba, however, explained in an interview with woman.gazeta.pl that there are situations in which balcony smokers are not unpunished.
Although smoking cigarettes on the balcony is not prohibited, it is worth knowing that you can get a ticket for throwing cigarettes or brushing off ashes. The basis would be Art. 75 § 1 of the Code of Petty Offenses, which says that a fine of up to PLN 500 is subject to, among others, a person who throws away impurities. In extreme cases, in which the smoker acts maliciously or as part of a game ignoring the unlawfulness of the action, the penalty may be higher (up to PLN 5,000) and even take the form of restriction of freedom
he explained.
Source: Gazeta
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