Rome Cigarette Smokers’ Guide

The normal indoor bar area is smoke-free. Italian law permits separate designated smoking rooms meeting the ventilation and separation requirements; it does not require a venue to provide one.

Applies in: Italy

The normal indoor nightclub area is smoke-free. Italian law permits separate designated smoking rooms meeting the ventilation and separation requirements; it does not require a venue to provide one.

Applies in: Italy

The normal indoor restaurant area is smoke-free. Italian law permits separate designated smoking rooms meeting the ventilation and separation requirements; it does not require a venue to provide one.

Applies in: Italy

The enclosed-space ban does not itself cover ordinary open-air restaurant terraces. An enclosed extension follows indoor rules, and the venue may impose a stricter policy.

Applies in: Italy

The Ministry explicitly includes private clubs within the enclosed-space restriction. Membership alone is not an exemption. A club may provide a compliant separate smoking room; no visitor membership arrangement for a specific Rome club has been established here.

Applies in: Italy

Membership or branding as a smoking venue does not permit smoking throughout ordinary indoor customer areas. The separate compliant smoking-room exception is addressed in the bar and club answers.

Applies in: Italy

The national prohibition targets enclosed public/user premises and specifically protected outdoor educational and hospital premises, rather than ordinary open streets. Follow any stricter site signs and keep outside protected premises.

Applies in: Rome