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[I]The Bali provincial administration has decided to postpone the enforcement of bylaw No. 10/2011 on smoke-free zones previously set to come into effect on June 1.Governor Made Mangku Pastika said the administration would need more time to ensure proper communication of the bylaw, which prohibits smoking in public places."This is a new bylaw, a new regulation. Before enforcing the bylaw, a comprehensive communication process must reach out to all members of the community," Pastika told reporters on Tuesday.The administration, he said, had been actively disseminating information about the bylaw since it was still in draft form."The bylaw will be enforced soon, after the people understand the new regulation," added the governor.The Bali Legislative Council ratified the smoke-free zone bylaw last year and the administration promised to enact it gradually.In the first stage of implementation, the prohibition would be enacted in government offices, schools, and healthcare facilities.The bylaw would soon include hotels, restaurants, tourist attractions, nightclubs and places of worship.The smoke-free zones bylaw states that many public places are to be smoke free. This also includes playgrounds, traditional and modern markets, terminals, airports and public transportation.Advertising and sales of tobacco products have also been banned in these places, except for those regulated by a specific governor regulation. Violations of the bylaw can be punished by up to three months imprisonment and a fine of Rp 50,000 (US$5.35). [/I][url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/bali-daily/2012-05-30/smoke-free-zones-bylaw-delayed.html]Smoke-free zones bylaw delayed | The Jakarta Post[/url]
scout
Yes, well, lets get on with it, over coughing and spluttering, as an asthmatic cant wait, but i also ask politely in restaurants, can you please not smoke, as I would like to enjoy my meal, and if you dont stop, perhaps I may stop breathing and then my death will be on your conscience:icon_wink:
Pakman
Yes, well, lets get on with it, over coughing and spluttering, as an asthmatic cant wait, but i also ask politely in restaurants, can you please not smoke, as I would like to enjoy my meal, and if you dont stop, perhaps I may stop breathing and then my death will be on your conscience:icon_wink:[/QUOTE]Yeh,,but what about the carbon monoxide emitted from cars and bikes, gotta be worth a few packets of ciggies a day you'd think? In contrast to my avatar, I am actually a non puffer. but support freedom of choice.I find the billboard megastructures advertising cigarettes along with Maccas,Ripcurl and the likes much more offensive :greedy_dollars:,blocking out my daily intake of vitamins from the sun(or is that cancer these days,,mmm).I mean if one of them toppled over it could be the death of hundreds.As Joe Jackson once quoted in song "everything gives you cancer, there's no cure theres no answe"r. Hope you find a smokeless environment to enjoy your meal though, but I fear you could starve waiting for that in Indonesia:02.47-tranquillity:
