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Intro: PEOPLE are overwhelmingly in favour of a ban on smoking in enclosed public places in the Falklands. That’s according to the first results of the health census carried out by the government.
While the results released yesterday are only interim indicators and more questionnaires are expected to be received, 76.83% of the 669 people who have so far responded are in favour of a ban on smoking in enclosed public places.
Councillor Richard Davies was expected to propose a motion at today’s meeting of Legislative Council that smoking in public places be banned. However he said yesterday that the motion is likely to be postponed from today’s meeting to the next, in September.
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