Jump to full article: News.az, 2009-12-21
Author: Faik Bagirov
Intro: The issue of prohibition of smoking in public places has been discussed in Azerbaijan for more than one year. The issue has been discussed in the Parliament and in the media. Various people have brought out various positions. But there are no real results…
By writing this article we would like to make a comprehensive survey of the issue of prohibition of smoking in public places and help our citizens clearly understand the following: the right of a person to inhale air being free from smoke pollution is preferential to any likely right of smokers to pollute the air being inhaled by other people.
History of the issue in Azerbaijan
The issue began in April 2007 when at the meeting of the Parliamentary Deputy Executive Secretary of "New Azerbaijan" Party, Mubariz Gurbanli submitted a proposal to issue a decree prohibiting smoking in public places. . . .
We have to clearly understand that our main goal at this stage is not to fight with smoking. Our main goal is to achieve an atmosphere without smoke pollution for the non smoking majority of the country's population. . . .
To achieve success in implementation of the ban, we have to apply the fines not only to smokers breaking the ban, but also to the owners of places allowing such a violation. . . .
On behalf of a huge army of Azerbaijani citizens suffering from the consequences of smoking in public places I herewith appeal to our deputies: please, try to pass the law on prohibition of smoking in public places before your term of office is over. Each of our citizens will benefit from this law. And by doing this we will stand in line with the leading countries of the world.
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