Thirty-seven members of the Seimas voted in favor of the proposed ban, 22 voted against it and 25 abstained.
The amendments to the Tobacco Control Law also called for imposing a ban of smoking within the radius of 10 meters from blocks of flats.
However, the parliament on Tuesday supported a proposal to abandon this regulation.
Police and local government officials have said that such regulations would be difficult to enforce.
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