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Smoking ban on bar and restaurant terraces stays for now in Spain's Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

The last cigarette on the terrace? Cafe owners and smokers worry new smoking ban could change one of Spain’s most familiar social rituals

THE ashtrays are still on the terrace tables at Hustle ‘n’ Flow Eatery in San Pedro Alcantara – for now. But soon, Remily, the restaurant

4 Aug, 2026 @ 12:19

Health·Lead·National News·Politics

WATCH: Police seize 2.5 million cigarettes and 5,200 litres of laughing gas set for illegal export from Spain via lorries

AN EAST European and Spanish gang that used its own international transport firm to smuggle cigarettes and laughing gas within legal cargo has been busted

31 Oct, 2025 @ 15:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Spain pushes ahead with plans to ban smoking on bar terraces

PLANS to ban punters from lighting up cigarettes on bar terraces appear set to get the greenlight after the Spanish government approved a draft version

9 Sep, 2025 @ 17:15

Health·Lead

Public health officials in Spain’s Catalunya push to ban smoking on beaches

PUBLIC health officials in Catalunya are pushing for a ban on smoking at beaches ahead of an upcoming nationwide tobacco control law. Currently in its

7 Aug, 2025 @ 08:00

Catalunya·Health·Lead

STUB IT OUT! Petition calls on nationwide ban on cigarette smoking at Spain's beaches

Cigarette and tobacco prices could soon surge in Spain: Government hopes measure will reduce the number of smokers

THE Spanish health ministry are considering imposing a new levy on cigarettes and tobacco in an attempt to reduce the number of smokers nationwide. The

1 Feb, 2024 @ 10:32

Health·Lead·Other News

Spain’s government to crack down on electronic cigarettes and tobacco flavours, while new regulations for vaping are still being considered by Health Ministry

THE SPANISH government is planning to crack down on non-conventional tobacco products by putting heated cigarettes on a par with conventional ones, as well as

16 Jan, 2024 @ 13:29

Health·Lead·Politics

Anti-smoking association in Spain calls for ban on tobacco sales in bars, restaurants and petrol stations

AN ANTI-SMOKING association has called on the Spanish government to ban the sale of tobacco in bars, restaurants, hotels and petrol stations, as well as

17 May, 2023 @ 15:12

Health·Lead

Tobacco companies in Spain to pay for cleaning millions of cigarette butts under new laws

New laws that force tobacco companies to pay the cost for cleaning up millions of cigarettes will come into effect across Spain on Friday. The

5 Jan, 2023 @ 17:30

Environment·Lead·National News

Spain poised to raise price of cigarettes and ban smoking on terrazas and in cars

SPAIN’S Ministry of Health is considering plans to raise the price of tobacco and ban smoking on terraces and inside cars as part of a

1 Apr, 2022 @ 09:15

Health·Lead·National News

Enough tobacco to make 11 million cigarettes seized as smuggling gang arrested in raids throughout Spain and Portugal

A CRIMINAL gang exporting illegal tobacco and cigarettes from Spain to Portugal has been thwarted by Europol and a cross-border team of customs and Guardia

27 Jun, 2021 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Fag end fears as tourist collapse on Spain’s Costa Blanca leads to tobacconist closure threats

TOBACCONISTS on the Costa Blanca say they’ve had a bad year for sales as travel restrictions has slashed their main customer base, which could force

4 Aug, 2020 @ 16:12

Costa Blanca·Lead

Smoking can help transmit coronavirus according to Spain’s Health Ministry

SPAIN’S Health Ministry has advised against smoking cigarettes as they allegedly help transmit coronavirus.

2 Jul, 2020 @ 18:23

Health·Lead

EU bans sale of menthol cigarettes from today, fines as high as €10,000 for shops selling them

THE sale of menthol cigarettes has been banned throughout Spain from today.

20 May, 2020 @ 17:27

Health·Lead

Spain’s Guardia Civil seize 26,000 illegal cigarette packets in Malaga province

TENS of thousands of cigarette packets have been seized by the Guardia Civil in the province of Malaga.

18 May, 2020 @ 15:07

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Spain to issue €10,000 fines to sellers of menthol cigarettes, which will be BANNED in just 107 days

Around 66% of smokers take up smoking before they turn 18, according to Cancer Research UK

3 Feb, 2020 @ 08:58

Health·Lead

Six arrests in Spain as Guardia Civil seize 15,000 packs of cigarettes from Gibraltar that were sold in sweet shops

It is thought that the smuggling gang made orders of between 3,500 and 5,000 packs of cigarettes a week

11 Mar, 2019 @ 11:49

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Volunteers remove more than 22,000 cigarette butts from Costa del Sol beach in Spain

DEDICATED volunteers have picked up an amazing 22,500 cigarettes from a Costa del Sol beach. The amazing haul was removed from La Linea’s shoreline during

20 Sep, 2018 @ 15:11

Cadiz·Environment·Lead·Malaga

Barcelona chiringuito exchanges free drinks for beach clean-up

Green-thinking bar owners are fighting fire with fire - trading fag ends from the beach for free drinks

21 Aug, 2015 @ 12:30

Environment·Lead

Former police boss arrested with 1,800 illegal packets of cigarettes in La Linea

The ex-chief of La Linea local police was picked up with the contraband, which had a street value of €7,931, stuffed inside suitcases in the

16 May, 2015 @ 15:00

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Gibraltarian’s car impounded over one packet of cigarettes

Car owner left in 'shock' after car was seized after she failed to declare 20 cigarettes

15 Feb, 2015 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Spanish say yes to cigarettes, and no to alcohol

Spain is biggest consumer of non alcohol beer in the world

25 Nov, 2013 @ 18:30

Food & Drink

Spanish customs seize fake cigarettes

The 465,000 packs of fake cigarettes were said to be worth more than €2.2 million

13 Aug, 2013 @ 11:09

Crime & Law

Calls for changes on new cigarette laws

The Spanish law on bringing cigarettes out of Gibraltar is ‘unconstitutional’, claim workers’ union

4 Mar, 2013 @ 12:36

Cadiz·Gibraltar

Missing link overlooked in the Madeleine McCann case

Police failed to extract DNA samples from a pile of cigarette butts, which may have held the key to the case

9 Aug, 2012 @ 11:50

National News

Gibraltar cigarette seizure

Four men have been arrested after 40,000 cigarettes were seized at Eastern Beach

24 Mar, 2012 @ 13:42

Gibraltar

Massive cig seizure in Gibraltar

Two men have been arrested after 10,000 cigarettes were found in their car

12 Mar, 2012 @ 16:48

Gibraltar

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The last cigarette on the terrace? Cafe owners and smokers worry new smoking ban could change one of Spain’s most familiar social rituals

WATCH: Police seize 2.5 million cigarettes and 5,200 litres of laughing gas set for illegal export from Spain via lorries

Spain pushes ahead with plans to ban smoking on bar terraces

Public health officials in Spain’s Catalunya push to ban smoking on beaches

Cigarette and tobacco prices could soon surge in Spain: Government hopes measure will reduce the number of smokers

Spain’s government to crack down on electronic cigarettes and tobacco flavours, while new regulations for vaping are still being considered by Health Ministry

Anti-smoking association in Spain calls for ban on tobacco sales in bars, restaurants and petrol stations

Tobacco companies in Spain to pay for cleaning millions of cigarette butts under new laws

Spain poised to raise price of cigarettes and ban smoking on terrazas and in cars

Enough tobacco to make 11 million cigarettes seized as smuggling gang arrested in raids throughout Spain and Portugal

Fag end fears as tourist collapse on Spain’s Costa Blanca leads to tobacconist closure threats

Smoking can help transmit coronavirus according to Spain’s Health Ministry

EU bans sale of menthol cigarettes from today, fines as high as €10,000 for shops selling them

Spain’s Guardia Civil seize 26,000 illegal cigarette packets in Malaga province

Spain to issue €10,000 fines to sellers of menthol cigarettes, which will be BANNED in just 107 days

Six arrests in Spain as Guardia Civil seize 15,000 packs of cigarettes from Gibraltar that were sold in sweet shops

Volunteers remove more than 22,000 cigarette butts from Costa del Sol beach in Spain

Barcelona chiringuito exchanges free drinks for beach clean-up

Former police boss arrested with 1,800 illegal packets of cigarettes in La Linea

Gibraltarian’s car impounded over one packet of cigarettes

Spanish say yes to cigarettes, and no to alcohol

Spanish customs seize fake cigarettes

Calls for changes on new cigarette laws

Missing link overlooked in the Madeleine McCann case

Gibraltar cigarette seizure

Massive cig seizure in Gibraltar

Man, 52, stabs his flatmate in the chest in upmarket Estepona golf urbanisation

Malaga reopens two beaches to swimmers as E. coli bacteria warning keeps four more shut during Feria week

Granada earthquake: Residents tell of terror as second powerful quake rocks city in four days

Tracing the legacy of Federico Garcia Lorca in Granada, 90 years after Spain’s most famous poet was murdered by Franco’s fascists

9 facts about Federico Garcia Lorca on the 90th anniversary of his death by firing squad in the Spanish Civil War

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