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A puff will cost $500  

Jump to full article: Fiji Times Online (fj), 2006-09-23

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PEOPLE caught smoking in public vehicles will be spot fined $500 from next Friday.

The effort is part of the Land Transport Authority and Health Ministrys campaign to raise awareness and reduce smoking in public places.

At a press conference yesterday, authority chief executive Abraham Simpson said the campaign was spurred on by the two bodies recognition that smoke emissions from motorised vehicles and cigarette smoke in public transportation vehicles had a negative impact on the health and safety of the public and environment in Fiji.

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