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Ban on smoking openly flouted 

PEOPLE openly flout the law that bans smoking of tobacco in public or closed areas in Doha, Gulf Times has found. Most of the youngsters frequenting billiards club, Internet cafes and other closed areas have been found smoking cigarettes – in some instances, boys as young as 8 years old. “When the law was introduced in 2002, we actively campaigned against any smoking in public malls or hospitals and that saw the number of smokers coming down, with some even encouraged to the point of quitting. But the numbers are creeping back and going up,” said Dr Abdul Rasheed, president of India Anti-Smoking Campaign. According to him, the initiative lost its vigour a couple of years ago after the NHA was setup in place of the Ministry of Health (MoH).

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