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Malta from a Japanese perspective

Maltese Smoking Information 🚬

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Smoking is strictly prohibited in public facilities in Malta 🚭

You can only smoke indoors where there is a smoking room. In many hotels, guest rooms are non-smoking. There are some hotels where you can smoke on the terrace or balcony of your room, rather than in your room.

You want to smoke while drinking coffee or alcohol at cafes and bars, right? I think you can smoke on the terrace seats in most places.
I have heard from local friends that regulations have become more stringent since the Covid-19 pandemic.
For details, please check with the shop staff!

I think there are few ashtrays (other than restaurants) installed outside. You should have a portable ashtray.

The Westin Dragonara Resort, Malta has an on-site casino where you can smoke while enjoying the casino.

www.dragonaracasino.com

I don't see many electronic cigarettes in Malta.
Paceville has a bar where Shisha can smoke.

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Malta has advertising restrictions and, like other countries' cigarettes, it's a very grotesque package. In Japan, there are no grotesque packages.

In Malta you can buy at supermarkets, convenience stores and vending machines.
The price starts from 5.6 € per box (650 yen or more in Japanese yen), so it's expensive for Japanese people. Japan costs around 500 yen per box.

I quit smoking now, but when I was smoking, I bought it at a duty-free shop before entering Malta.

*Please confirm the tax exemption range for cigarettes. The tax exemption quantity for bringing in from outside the EU and bringing in from outside the EU is different. Currently, it seems that electronic cigarettes are also being regulated. Please check your electronic cigarette before you travel.

At the time of studying abroad, I was smoking a cigarette containing mint capsules, and I once offered it with a Maltese taxi driver, my friends, but the reaction was quite subtle 💦

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Cigarette vending machine.

f:id:Maltalover:20200516013936j:plainI bought some cute cigarette goods in Malta🚬

The portable ashtray was especially useful.
The lighter is a refillable type so you can use it forever.

In winter, the wind is strong, so I recommend a turbo lighter.
The lighter I purchased is not turbo type 💦 

This blog does not recommend smoking. Don't forget to consider non-smokers!

Next time, I will introduce Maltese cats. Don't miss it😉