Smoking in café-bars will be allowed starting on Friday because a six-month period, during which the café-bar owners have the option to install ventilation systems designed for smokers, begins.

After five months of prohibition, smoking in café-bars is allowed once again and it will remain so until the April 9^th of the next year.

Prior to making changes to the Law that limits tobacco products, Health Minister, Darko Milinovic, encouraged business owners to opt for the so-called non-smoking bars and announced that the Ministry of Health would provide certain financial benefits for business that decide to promote a healthy life style.

According to the legislative changes bigger café-bars will be able to have a separate smoking area with ventilation and filtration system in which they will not be able to serve drinks; while owners of café-bars that are smaller than 50 square meters, are allowed to decide whether they will allow smoking or not.

In other public places, smoking still remains prohibited.