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30/06/26

The Court  will deliver its ruling in writing in the case Vainik and Others v. Estonia on 30 June 2026.

The case concerns the total ban on smoking in prisons in Estonia from October 2017. The four applicants in the case, prisoners at the time, complained both about the ban itself and the withdrawal symptoms they had had.

The Court  will deliver its ruling in writing in the case Vainik and Others v. Estonia on 30 June 2026.

The case concerns the total ban on smoking in prisons in Estonia from October 2017. The four applicants in the case, prisoners at the time, complained both about the ban itself and the withdrawal symptoms they had had.

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