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• Ministry extends ban on smoking to the streets 

Jump to full article: Business Daily Africa (The Nation) (ke), 2009-05-05

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The government has proposed new measures to outlaw smoking on the streets and raise the price of cigarettes.

Public Health and Sanitation minister, Beth Mugo, has proposed amendments to the Tobacco Act to ban smoking on the streets countrywide.

Section 33 of the Act prohibits smoking in restaurants, public buildings, factories, hospitals and other public places but says nothing about the streets.

Some local authorities such as the City Council of Nairobi, Nakuru Municipal Council and Kangundo County Council have passed by-laws banning smoking on the streets.

The ministry has also asked Treasury to increase excise duty for Tobacco products to force more people to abandon smoking.

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