[C-U Smokefree] Another smokefree victory!

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Hi there--

India just went smokefree (the whole country's workplaces are smokefree with 
fines for violators).

Keep up the good work CU Smokefree Alliance.  One day, one day, there will be 
liberation from the toxic exposure to second hand smoke in CU!

Theo

Theo Tsoukalas, Ph.D.

India Implements Smokefree Workplace Legislation
India joins Ireland, Norway, Sweden, New Zealand, and Bhutan 
 
Parts excerpted from the BBC, 5/2/04
 
India implemented a new law today outlawing smoking in public places and 
workplaces, including bars and restaurants.  India joins Ireland, Norway, Sweden, 
New Zealand, and Bhutan with similar legislation. The law is part of India's To
bacco Control Act, which also eliminates tobacco advertising and selling 
tobacco to minors.  Anyone caught breaking the law will be fined 200 rupees, 
officials said. "The law is largely intended for the benefit of future 
generations," said Digvijay Khandvilkar, the health minister of Maharashtra. The 
guidelines were originally issued in February and state governments were given three 
months to publicize and implement them, according to a health ministry 
spokesman.  The guidelines call for owners of restaurants, hotels and other public 
places to display NO SMOKING signs, and that anyone violating the law could be 
fined. 



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