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• Last puff ... Kuwait set to ban smoking in public 

Jump to full article: Arab Times (kw), 2003-09-22

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Kuwait is preparing to enforce strict measures to prevent smoking in public places and stop youngsters from taking up the habit. This came after Kuwait's Cabinet reviewed, in its weekly session Sunday, recommendations by its legal committee aimed at banning smoking in public areas.In recognition of the detrimental effect of smoking, "the Council of Ministers reviewed a recommendation by the Ministerial Committee for Legal Affairs in its 7/2/2003 meeting on implementing law 15/1995 on smoking in public places," Deputy Premier and State Minister for Cabinet and Parliament Affairs Mohammed Daifallah Sharar told reporters.

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