- Home smoking ban real possibility
- Flat owners object to smoke
- The Punch: The cigarette police are coming
HOME smoking bans could soon be a genuine possibility across the country as the backlash to second-hand smoke grows, according to the Cancer Council of South Australia.
The possibility of a ban follows the controversy earlier this month after apartment owners in a building in Sydney’s inner west Unit introduced a bylaw to stop anyone smoking anywhere within the building and on its balconies.
Writing in today’s The Punch, Rex Jory says the ban could soon become nationwide as more people object to second-hand smoke is seeping into their apartments and homes.
The trend also follows moves in New York where smoking bans are gradually being imposed in residential buildings with ten or more apartments.
Both tenants and apartment owners argue that second-hand smoke is seeping into their apartments and say it isn’t confined just to one apartment.
If a ban does go ahead, it would mean and soon smokers may not even be allowed to light up in their own homes or anywhere in public.
Source: http://www.news.com.au/national/smoking-police-may-soon-be-knocking-at-front-door-if-home-ban-comes-into-force/story-e6frfkvr-1226040771372#ixzz1JsEE4pmT
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– April 18, 2011
The order by the Philippine Medical Association will also ensure that other people are not affected by a doctor’s second-hand smoke, association president Oscar Tinio said in a statement tonight.
“Physicians must be role models on matters of health, whose lives, decorum and personality are highly respected or emulated by all sectors of society – that is why it is highly inappropriate for physicians to be seen smoking,” he said.
Spokesman Mike Aragon said that the public was encouraged to report smoking medics to the association.
Asked what would happen to doctors who violate the order, Mr Aragon said a committee would decide that later. “We will cross the bridge when we reach it,” he said.
Mr Tinio was quoted as saying that he personally knew doctors who smoked.
Government statistics show there are 17.3 million smokers in the Philippines, amounting to about 28 per cent of the population aged 15 or older.
Philippine President Benigno Aquino admits he is a smoker, saying he needs the habit to deal with the stress of the job.
Source: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/philippine-doctors-banned-from-smoking-to-set-good-example-for-others/story-e6frfku0-1225929389208
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– September 25, 2010
