Philippines president bans smoking in public, with offenders facing jail

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Philippines president bans smoking in public, with offenders facing jail

Reuters
Friday 19 May 2017 07.19 BST

Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order banning smoking in public across the second-most populous country in south-east Asia, creating one of the region’s strictest anti-tobacco laws.

The ban, which carries a maximum penalty of four months in jail and a fine of 5,000 pesos ($100), covers both indoor and outdoor smoking, presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella said on Thursday.

It also covers existing bans on tobacco advertisements, promotions or sponsorship, which are subject to fines of up to 400,000 pesos and maximum jail terms of three years and possible revocation of business permits.

Duterte was himself a heavy smoker but quit when he was diagnosed as suffering from Buerger’s disease, which can cause blockages in the blood vessels.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/19/philippines-president-bans-smoking-in-public-with-offenders-facing-jail

[Wounded Bear]

1. Must be running out of excuses to kill/imprison people...

could it be they're running out of 'drug dealers'?

[gopiscrap]

2. I hate cigarette smoke and it pisses me off to no end

when some inconsiderate self centered fuck of a smoker subjects to their second hand smoke. We should do that here also

[Doreen]

3. The smell of cigarette makes me sick to my stomach.

The required distance from an entrance of a building is not enough. The law is not enforced either.

[MindPilot]

4. It appears that some liberals approve of authoritarian dictators' authoritarian policies.

As long as they are dictating' the correct authoritarian policies.

[smirkymonkey]

5. Yeah, shocking, isn't it?