The anti-smoking charity Action onSmoking and Health has written to the British Board of Film Classification drawing attention to the findings and requesting that smoking be included in the decision about certification.
As well as issuing fines, the enforcement officers will also hand out health board information to offenders on how to give up smoking and where cessation clinics can be found.
Dr Peter Maguire, deputy chairman of the BMA's Board of Science and an ardent campaigner for a ban onsmoking in enclosed public places, said civil servants in Northern Ireland would now enjoy safer workplaces.