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• Law banning Kenyan smokers from public puffing takes effect 

A law banning smoking in public places and regulating tobacco products in Kenya came into effect on Tuesday, spelling the end of a convoluted legal tussle between the government and tobacco firms.

The Tobacco Control Act, passed in parliament last year but given a nine-month implementation period, provides a legal framework to control the production, manufacture, sale, advertising and use of tobacco products.

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