Jump to full article: Times of Zambia, 2008-07-31
Author: Times Reporter
Intro: THE Government will soon issue guidelines to give fresh impetus to a statutory instrument that bans smoking in public places.
Local Government and Housing Minister Sylvia Masebo said in Lusaka yesterday that the public places as referred to in statutory instrument (SI) 39 of 2008 are premises, buildings, conveyances and other places to which the public has access.
Launching a youth smoking prevention campaign by British American Tobacco (BAT), Ms Masebo said the ministry would soon issue regulations to guide the public on the prohibition of smoking in public places.
She appealed to service providers running bars, nightclubs, restaurants and other patronised places to ensure that they accommodated smoking patrons in designated areas by way of demarcation. Ms Masebo said the youth should be prevented from accessing tobacco.
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