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Jump to full article: XPRESS (ua), 2008-06-12
Author: Mohammed N. Al Khan and Kamakshi Gupta, Staff Reporters
Intro: Dubai Despite the ban on selling tobacco to minors, groceries and supermarkets continue to openly flout the rules, XPRESS has discovered.
After Dubai Municipality issued a public notice last week banning sale of tobacco to those under the age of 20, XPRESS took to the streets with a 16-year-old volunteer, Mohammad Al Madani, to find out if the rules were really being adhered to.
The results were surprising.
Of the seven groceries and supermarkets surveyed, four were found flouting the law.
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