The Ministry of Public Health yesterday said that a phased implementation of the Tobacco Control Act is underway and next month will see an “aggressive” education and awareness campaign.
In a statement yesterday, the Ministry said it wished to correct misrepresentations in the media that smoking is banned in public under the Tobacco Control Act.
[gview file=”https://www.stabroeknews.com/images/2017/12/fctc.psd”] “The Act provides for a ban on smoking in indoor public places, indoor work places and public transportation, and only in specified outdoor places including the premises of schools and health facilities, and places for the commercial service of food and drinks. The Tobacco Control Act regulates where persons can smoke tobacco products in order to protect others from exposure to dangerous secondhand smoke, but it does not ban smoking”, the statement noted.
