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Ministry ponders ban on smoking in buses 

The Transport Ministry has once again underlined the need for strictly implementing a ban on smoking in buses, arguing such a restriction will benefit passengers and the environment.

But the Health Ministry, acknowledging the move as welcome and propitious, linked implementation of the ban on cigarette use in public transport to the ratification of an international convention, outlawing smoking in such places.

Mohammed Ramazan Shafaq, director at the Transport Ministry, told Pajhwok Afghan News Wednesday smoking on city buses was banned many years ago. He added inspectors of the ministry were active even today to ensure the ban was enforced in letter and spirit.

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