Smokers to face hasher punishment for smoking in public
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Smokers who light up their cigarettes at a public place will be facing a hasher punishment and the minimum age of cigarette buyers will rise to 20 if ongoing efforts to push for a tougher antismoking law sail through.
“They will be fined Bt5,000 instead of Bt2,000,” Deputy Public Health Minister Surawit Khonsomboon said Thursday about the new draft law.
According to him, the draft law will also raise the minimum age of cigarette buyers from 18 to 20 years old. It will ban cigarette vending machines, Internetbased cigarette sale, and the sale of packageless cigarettes as well.
The Nation
