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Local IAAF member moves to ban smoking at sporting arenas 

DR Herbert Elliott, member of the International Association of Athletics Federations Medical and Anti-doping Commission, has suggested that government bans smoking at all sporting arenas.

Speaking at the weekly luncheon of the Rotary Club of Kingston at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston yesterday, Dr Elliot said such a move would not only serve to protect members of the public from the effects of secondary smoke, but athletes as well.

ELLIOTT... if it's in your body, it's your responsibility to keep it out

"We have a system in sports where if it's in your body, we don't care how it got there, it's your responsibility to keep it out. It's harsh but that is the only way we can operate," he said.

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