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Angry smokers say they will defy ban on lightning up in public places.
Jump to full article: Institute for War & Peace Reporting (uk), 2003-05-01
Author: Erbol Jumagulov from Almaty (RCA No. 201, 30-Apr-03)
Intro: "It's madness! Now I have to run out of my office every time I want to have a smoke. I can't leave my workplace and stand in the corridor for hours, in a specially designated place," said businessman Alexei Mandrykin indignantly.
Many Kazak nicotine addicts are similarly outraged by the government's April 1 ban on smoking in public places. The authors of the bill say it is aimed at reducing the number of smokers - there are 3.2 million, nearly a third of the adult population, according to official statistics. But some believe the number is much higher.
"The count was mainly done in the big cities and regional centres, while smokers in the rural areas have never been counted," said sociologist Mikhail Maznov.
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