The Milan City Council approved, with 25 votes in favor, eight against, four abstentions and two councilors who did not participate in the vote, the Regulation for air quality which, among other things, introduces in the city from January 1, 2021 a ban on smoking outdoors except in isolated places.
From public transport stops to parks, to cemeteries and sports facilities, such as stadiums, smoking will be prohibited within 10 meters of other people.
From 1 January 2025, the smoking ban will be extended to all public outdoor areas.
Among the actions that have been defined, the prohibition on installing new diesel and biomass systems for heating buildings enters into force within 30 days of the approval of the regulation and, starting from 1 October 2022, it will be forbidden to use diesel also in plants existing heating systems. The use of wood to power the ovens of the pizzerias is regulated and starting from 1 October 2023 must be of "class A1": for a verification of the environmental quality of the wood-burning ovens present in the Milanese pizzerias, a census is also launched which will be carried out by 1 March 2021. As regards commercial establishments, it will be mandatory to keep the doors closed by 1 January 2022. An exemption is foreseen for shops that use so-called "air blades" that are not electrically heated, with width greater than that of the door, with ground flow less than 2m / sec or which will adapt the existing air blades by 1 June 2022.