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Penguin News Update: Public smoking ban discussed 

AS ONE wag put it, the smokers of Stanley were probably out polluting the atmosphere of pubs, because they certainly weren’t present in Stanley Town Hall where a mere fifteen members of the public gathered on Tuesday evening to discuss with councillors the motion on smoking in public places which is due to be put before Legislative Council today.

Andrew Alazia began proceedings by asking the panel of six councillors what the options were for the introduction of a smoking ban. Responding, Councillor Dr Richard Davis, who will be proposing the motion at today’s meeting, said that there were three parts to what was proposed, the first being to seek majority agreement in principle that smoking in public places was harmful, not only to the smokers themselves, but also to others about them.

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