Jump to full article: East African Standard (ke), 2008-11-02
Author: Tony Ngare
Intro: The smokers' debate is threatening to rival the Kriegler and the Waki Reports. For some time now, non-smokers have enjoyed a sense of environmental freshness when smokers were quarantined in particular areas.
Now apparently, we may have jumped ship according to the ministry of Local Government. The Ministry has gone ahead and beseeched smokers to puff away anywhere, anyhow, however they like as if there is no tomorrow.
The Public Health ministry on the other hand maintain that such smokers do so at their own peril. While this is a welcome directive to those of us who are 'second hand' smokers, we are afraid that the implementation of such a directive primarily lies with the local authorities.
So how do the holloi polloi behave? To whom do we turn to? At such times, I envy the university students who have many options when it comes to expressing their disgusts.
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