The health affairs department at Muscat Municipality has drafted a plan to ban smoking in commercial centres, shops and industrial establishments in various wilayats of Muscat governorate.
The plan was prepared in cooperation with the department of fighting non-communicable diseases at the Ministry of Health.
The plan will be implemented in two phases. The first phase, which covers first category restaurants, will continue until August.
The second phase, which covers all closed and public areas, will begin in September and continue until August 2006. � ONA
From the Oman Observer that same day:
The first phase, which began recently and continues till August this year, involves the implementation of a system whereby Grade A and First Class restaurants are required to devote 50 per cent of their areas to non-smokers and to put up boards indicating the same.
The second plan, from September 2004 to August 2006, implements a total ban on smoking in all closed public areas or total separation of smoking and non-smoking areas so that the air cannot mix between the two sections, added Al Kishri.
Closed areas with children's games and restaurants and other food outlets surrounding these and other areas where children gather should implement a total ban on smoking.
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1 comments:
I don't think smoking should be banned in "fancy restaurants" because "fancy restaurants" should have two sections, one for smokers and one for non-smokers...
Ramadhan Kareem to you and your family Muscati.
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