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A 2006 investigation by the Univer- places, hotels (except rooms and outdoor tronic games halls, and conference halls,
sity of Macau revealed an increase in the areas), restaurants, bars and karaoke among other venues.
number of teenagers and women who venues, commercial areas, banks and As for maritime terminals and air-
smoke. government buildings. ports, designated smoking areas will be
Officials say the three main causes Smoking will not be allowed in leg- created. The same goes for shops that
of death in the territory are directly con- islative and judicial offices, hospitals only sell cigars, where a “tasting room”
nected with the tobacco consumption, and health care centres. will be allowed.
namely cancer, cardiovascular diseases Cigarettes will also be forbidden in You will be able to light up in ca-
and other breathing disorders. public parks and beaches, gyms, mu- sinos, massage lounges, saunas and
In a bid to tackle the issue, the gov- seums, cinemas, theatres, electronic nightclubs, but this will be restricted to
ernment organised a competition for games halls, conference halls, kinder- designated smoking areas. These estab-
quitting smoking in 2008. gartens, schools, universities and voca- lishments have to create the designated
Smokers who were able to quit tional training centres. areas within one year of the tobacco law
smoking could win a special prize Taxis, lifts and indoor ATM ma- being enacted.
of MOP50,000. Almost 350 people chines must also become smoke free
took part. places. Discounted fines
Smokers in the workplace can only Smokers who violate the restrictions
What will change? do so in designated outdoor areas. The may be subject to fines ranging from
The new law is due to ban smoking in- same applies to commercial areas, MOP400 to MOP600.
side a large list of public places: work- gyms, museums, cinemas, theatres, elec- The punishments are smaller than
Global gaspers
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moking bans remain a relatively new phenomenon Of the world’s 100 most populous cities, just over a fifth,
worldwide. or 22 were smoke free according to the WhO.
according to the World health Organisation (WhO), just The report also revealed that almost half the world’s
5.4 percent of the world’s population benefitted from public countries so far don’t have smoke free hospitals.
smoking bans as of the end of 2008. The WhO estimates that around 600,000 non-smokers
This is after international tobacco control measures die prematurely every year as a result of exposure to second-
introduced the requirement in 2005. hand smoke.
But the figures are increasing. Some 154 million more According to WHO, tobacco use kills more than five million
people lived in areas covered by smoke free laws in 2008, a people a year largely due to cancer and heart trouble. The
WhO report showed. death toll may rise to eight million by 2030 at the current rate.
at the end of 2008, bans on smoking in public places were Some six trillion cigarettes were produced in 2007,
enforced in 17 countries. according to the WhO. E.G.
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