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• Bill on tobacco control submitted to committee 

Jump to full article: Haveeru Daily (mv), 2009-10-20

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A tobacco control bill seeking to ban smoking in public places and apply other restrictions was accepted by the People’s Majlis and submitted to committee for further review on Monday.

The bill, proposed by the Government, was discussed by the Majlis members and passed with the approval of the 55 MPs who participated in the vote. There were 61 MPs in attendance when the vote took place and it was decided to send the bill to the social affairs committee.

Nearly all the MPs who spoke at the Majlis sitting agreed that the use of tobacco needed to be controlled and urged for the Bill to be passed swiftly and enforced.

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