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Smoking may be outlawed in Bahrain 

BAHRAIN could follow the example of an Indian city where smoking in public has been completely outlawed, the GDN has learned.

Health officials here plan to contact their counterparts in Chandigarh, which banned smoking in public places, including streets, in July, as they prepare new anti-smoking legislation.

They could even provide traffic police powers to fine people caught smoking in a no-smoking area, a top official revealed.

A new law that will penalise people who smoke in malls and introduce health warnings on cigarette cartons could come into force in Bahrain early next year.

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