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Church cracks down on excessive kava, smoke 

Jump to full article: Fiji Times Online (fj), 2005-08-10

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MINISTERS and officials of the Methodist Church who drink kava and smoke excessively will face heavy penalties under a new policy.

Church assistant general secretary Reverend Tuikilakila Waqairatu said the new policy was being drawn up because of the need to control the abuse of kava and cigarettes among members.

"There is a motion raised by one of the divisions for the issue to seriously discussed at the conference in Narewa, Nadi at the end of this month because it was becoming a problem in the church," he said.

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