Are smokers getting a raw deal? What happened to the good old days of smoking when and where you please?
We asked the listeners how they were dealing with smokers in public places.
The show notes.
How are we dealing with smokers in public places?
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http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/tobaccocancer/secondhand-smoke
http://www.thenational.ae/uae/smoke-free-regulations-revealed-by-uae-ministry-of-health
As a signatory to the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, the UAE is required to adhere to international standards on tobacco control measures, such as reducing exposure to second-hand cigarette smoke. The convention also includes measures to restrict advertising and sponsorship, increase tobacco prices and taxation and cut down smuggling.
The fines will be doubled if the offence is repeated. The law bans smoking in closed public places, on public transport, in shopping malls, schools, universities, hospitals, care homes, sports associations and social and cultural clubs.
In other places, special rooms can be designated for smokers.
Humaid Mohammad Obaid Al Qutami, Minister of Health, said the law not only aims at protecting the health of all segments of society but also at reducing the country's financial burden from treating patients suffering from smoking-related diseases.
