Smoking And Public Health

The Jakarta government is to start banning smoking in public places next month, but little campaigning has been carried out to familiarize citizens with the regulations.

January 24, 2006

ONE morning last December dozens of security officers, looking smart and neat in their blue uniforms, stood in line at the gate of the West Jakarta mayors office. Equally spruced up were mayoral officials as they waited for a team from the Jakarta City Government to evaluate preparations being made ahead of the enforcement of city regulations banning cigarette smoking in public places. The City Regulations on Air Pollution Control, enacted early

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