Deputy health minister Zeta Makri has asked for the assistance of Arios Pagos, the country's highest court for assistance and cooperation in the enforcement of the anti-smoking law.

Just a few weeks before the holiday season, the relative departments of the Health Ministry, will be running checks on restaurants, nightclubs and cafeterias. The long forgotten EU directive for banning smoking, that is in effect since 2011, has been re-introduced.