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Rights of nonsmokers
Sat, 11/15/2008 11:03 AM | Headlines
The Jakarta administration has promised to strictly enforce anti-smoking regulations, which have been widely ignored since being passed in 2005. How can we effectively protect the rights of nonsmokers? Send your opinions by SMS to +628111872772 or by e-mail to readersforum@thejakartapost.com. Please include your name and city.
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Mel Lee (not verified) — Wed, 11/19/2008 - 6:26pm
We should start from small things in reducing pollution. What's wrong with *not smoking* inside the buildings? Every smokers should stop smoking at all and everywhere indeed.
John wilfred (not verified) — Mon, 11/17/2008 - 5:16pm
i agree we should ban cars that pollute
but there is no excuse to wait for banning smoking .
do it now and free us from cigarette smoke .
then get all on you bicycles to work
Josh (not verified) — Sun, 11/16/2008 - 11:23am
haha... agree agree agree!
despite ban the smoke how can we safe our lungs from unhelpable jakarta polution anyway???
Henry Manoe (not verified) — Sat, 11/15/2008 - 7:31pm
Smokers have no rights, except in their own home, but only if they do not subject their children to smoke. Why on earth should anybody have to put up with second hand smoke anywhere? Go in or out an office, mall, hospital and you have to endure a "curtain" of smoke from smokers who are not allowed to smoke inside these buildings. Why does anybody have to endure this? It is high time government enforce the no-smoking by-law. NGO's should not be involved in enforcing the law but could lobby government on ways and means to curb tobacco use, especially by children. However, they fight an uphill battle as our law makers are in the pocket of the tobacco industry. It is obvious that our lawmakers are only concerned about their own pockets; not in the health of the nation!
I have my rights too (not verified) — Sat, 11/15/2008 - 1:58pm
Please ban cars, motorcycles, buses, heavy trucks and others first then ban smoking of cigarette.