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[Mid-east, Uae, Uae: Sharjah] Sharjah's new smoking rule needs to be replicated across the Emirates- paper

Sharjah has made it illegal, effective immediately, for shops in exclusively residential areas, and those near schools, to sell or stock tobacco products. "This is a significant and dramatic move that needs to be replicated across the Emirates," the Abu
Emirates News Agency (WAM) (ae)
added Apr 5, 2013 14:38
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[Uae, Uae: Sharjah] EDITORIAL: Controlled sale of tobacco products a good move

Sharjah’s step to ban availability of such items near schools and homes will help promote anti-smoking rules
Gulf News (ae)
added Apr 5, 2013 13:58
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[Uae: Sharjah] Sharjah Municipality bans cigarette sale in groceries

The Sharjah Municipal Council has issued a decision to ban the sale of cigarettes in certain grocery stores after a draft legislation was proposed last year. The Sharjah Council held its eighth meeting, chaired by council president Salem Obaid Al Shamsi
Khaleej Times (ae)
added Apr 4, 2013 07:07
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[Uae: Sharjah] Sharjah bans some cigarette sales

Sharjah Municipal Council has banned the sale of cigarette in grocery stores near residential buildings and schools in a move designed to limit exposure to children.
Arabian Business
added Apr 4, 2013 07:04
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[Uae: Sharjah] Call to end barbecuing, smoking in balconies

Residents and the Sharjah Department of Civil Defence have attributed the increasing number of fire accidents in flats and residential buildings in the emirate to barbecuing, throwing of cigarette butts and smoking of shishas in balconies.
Khaleej Times (ae)
added Jan 26, 2013 05:21
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[Uae, Uae: Sharjah] LETTER: 'Number of young smokers is a cause for concern'

Any store caught selling tobacco to children should be handed hefty fines. Moreover, parents who have the habit of smoking should avoid it when in front of their children, as this will not only prevent them from the dangerous effects of passive smoking bu
7 Days (ae)
added Jan 13, 2013 23:40
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[Uae: Dubai, Uae: Sharjah] Lit cigarette butt may have caused Dubai Marina blaze... fire alarms fail

Did a cigarette butt cause Marina fire? If true, it could be the second such incident in less than two months. A similar incident had destroyed two floors of the Al Tayer Tower in Al Nahda in Sharjah on April 28.
Emirates 24|7 (ae)
added Jun 10, 2012 13:37
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[Uae: Sharjah] 65kg of tobacco products seized

The Sharjah Police have confiscated 65kg of banned chewing tobacco products like Chaini Khaini, Niswar and paan from various groceries in residential areas in the city and Khorfakkan.
Khaleej Times (ae)
added Jun 5, 2012 13:57
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[Uae: Sharjah] Sharjah Civil Defence seeks to stub out smoking habit

Organisational campaign targets fitness gains to cut response time
Gulf News (ae)
added May 31, 2012 11:23
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[Uae, Uae: Sharjah] Smokers, beware when you are in Al Qasba

Al Qasba, an open-air waterfront destination, is UAE's first outdoor venue to ban smoking
Gulf News (ae)
added May 10, 2012 03:33
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