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New Tobacco Bill in the Offing 

Jump to full article: All-Africa.com, 2004-07-29
Author: Mmegi/The Reporter (Gaborone)

Intro:

THE Minister of Health Lesego Motsumi is scheduled to present to Parliament the Control of Smoking (Amendment) Bill, 2004. The Bill seeks to amend some of the clauses of the present Smoking Act and ban smoking in public places.

The Bill is an attempt by the Ministry to revamp the current Act in a bid to make the work place and entertainment areas risk free to non-smokers.

It introduces new and strict penalties for violating the smoking ban and related infringements.

According to government's extraordinary gazette, the Bill seeks to protect people who do not smoke from smokers in public places. It will ban bosses from smoking in their offices.

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