Following along in the footsteps of many US localities, the Mexican Federal Government recently "officially" announced a nationwide prohibition against smoking in enclosed public buildings, restaurants and bars.  The new law will go into effect on September 1st, 2008.  Smoking areas that are physically separated from non-smoking areas will need to be designated by walled off or glassed in areas.  New regulations mandate that non-smokers will not even have to walk through such areas - so they should be outside of the normal flow of the floorplan.  Government buildings, hospitals and schools will be entirely smoke-free zones while universities will be allowed to create their own smoking areas. 

Owners of restaurants and bars will have a 180 day cushion after the September 1st cutoff to comply with the new law and remodel their establishments.  This should be an interesting transition period for many local businesses.

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