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Public vehicles a safe haven for smokers: Survey  

Jump to full article: Jakarta Post (id), 2009-09-11
Author: Desy Nurhayati , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta

Intro:

The Jakarta administration’s efforts to implement a smoking ban on public transportations since 2005 seems to have gone up in smoke, as a recent survey by the Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) reveals a high percentage of violations.

The survey, in early to mid-July, showed violations in 89 percent of 549 public buses and minivans in the city’s five municipalities.

YLKI’s coordinator Tulus Abadi said Thursday out of 807 violators caught smoking in public vehicles, 348 were drivers, 320 passengers and 139 were drivers’ assistants.

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