Jump to full article: Nation Media (ke), 2008-07-11
Intro: it is one of the smoking zones in Nairobi; created after the ban on smoking in public places was enforced last year.
To a passer-by, the smoking zone may appear like any other street, but to this group of smokers, it is actually a sanctuary that they often visit to quench what most term "thirst".
Welcome to Nairobi, a city choking under the fumes of smoke where puffing in public places has been banned. . . .
And now the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation through the Tobacco Control Act has come up with another legislation- cigarettes shall only be sold in a package containing at least 10 sticks.
This is what annoys Zulfikar Mule Kome, a frequent visitor to the smoking zone. Mr Kome thinks the regulation is meant to discourage him from smoking.
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