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• Smokers may face five days in jail ($$) 

Jump to full article: South China Morning Post, 2009-09-01
Author: Kelly Chan

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Five days' detention for people who defy the smoking ban at indoor public places or fire-risk areas has been ordered by the Ministry of Public Security.

The move is part of a 50-day campaign to prepare a safe environment for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1.

The draconian detention measure in a country that boasts the world's largest smoking population became a talking point after a man caught smoking in a shopping mall in Chongqing was jailed for five days by police on Saturday.

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