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NEA inspectors fan out and warn 245 smokers as new rules to ban smoking in more public places kick in
Jump to full article: Straits Times (sg), 2009-01-02
Author: Jermyn Chow
Intro: SMOKERS in Singapore have even fewer places to enjoy a puff now, as a nationwide ban on lighting up in a new list of public areas took effect yesterday.
About 100 plain-clothes enforcement officers from the National Environment Agency (NEA) fanned out across the island yesterday to issue friendly reminders to smokers who were still puffing away in now out-of-bounds areas such as lift lobbies and carparks.
As at 5pm, 245 smokers in about 280 places checked had received reminders. . . .
The ban was widened yesterday to include areas such as non-air-conditioned offices, hotel lobbies, multi-storey carparks and places within 5m of the entrances and exits of buildings.
The widened ban is part of a drive since 1970 to stamp out smoking in Singapore. Already, lighting up is forbidden in all hawker centres, restaurants and community clubs, among other places.
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