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Dubai bans selling tobacco for 24 hours

 

Why isnt our government doing something similar? Can we file a lawsuit about them allowing the pollution of air with 2nd hand smoke and eventually slowly poisoning us?

 

Dubai bans selling tobacco for 24 hours

 

DUBAI: Nearly 300 stores in the Gulf emirate of Dubai will ban the sale of cigarettes for 24 hours on Thursday to mark the World No Tobacco Day, local media reported.

 

"In Dubai, nearly 300 outlets including petrol stations and supermarkets will stop selling tobacco for 24 hours," reported English daily, The National.

 

Another daily, 7Days, said the move was to spread awareness about smoking hazards.

 

"The move is aimed at spreading awareness about the dangers of cigarette smoking to make people think about tobacco consumption as it kills millions of people and affects public health," the daily quoted Redha Salaman, director of public health and safety at Dubai municipality, as saying.

 

"One in four deaths is linked to smoking-related diseases" in the United Arab Emirates, another local daily, Gulf News, quoted a hospital official as saying.

 

The sale of cigarettes in Dubai is prohibited to anyone below 20 years of age and public smoking is banned in the emirate, including in hotels, restaurants, cafes and offices.

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Why isnt our government doing something similar? Can we file a lawsuit about them allowing the pollution of air with 2nd hand smoke and eventually slowly poisoning us?

 

until you and you family start riding bicycle or walk to work or go out.... don't come and talk c*ck pls.....

 

cars and buses no pollution?

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vehicle pollution is we willingly take in for the convenient. 2nd hand nicotine smoke willingly? i dun think so.. u are comparing apple to orange.

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wah... smoking nia kena sue.... than i accidentally fart then how?? luckily

 

1) you dont have a gun...

2) i never fart in front of you (I think)

otherwise, my wife might become widow liao... [laugh][laugh]

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Hypersonic

Ban for 24 hrs...........not ban forever.............like that got use meh............ppl just buy extra for that 24 hrs only what............more like increase sales ..........what so great abt it............ :blink::wacko:

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Hypersonic

Look at the ban on smoking at coffeshops. Got use meh? They just draw a box to indicate smoking area. NEA also LPPL.

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Its like earth hour off light for 1 hour

Or in jb every sat, supermarket dont give u plastic bags to carry your stuff.

 

Its to create AWARENESS..

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my point is, since government admits it is bad for health and leads to cancer. resorts to printing gruelsome photos onto the packagings so that in future victim smokers cannot sue them for allowing the sale of harmful products to them. it is like pre-empt and washing their hands off, as long as i inform the smokers it is not my responsibility that they get cancer and i still happily collect my taxes. not right mah. and for them to collect this kind of tax, 2nd hand smokers suffer too.

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you think mcf is garment meh

 

 

 

write to the right channel la

 

i will stock up day before

 

 

 

hahahhahhahaha

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recently i saw alot of 5 posts newbie

 

thanks for your post, thanks for your post

 

 

then up lorry liao

 

wonder all the same person

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Maybe the government should just try other methods to control the smokers in Singapore. Rather than just banning smoking at certain areas. The could just say no healthcare subsidies for smokers even if they are Singaporean or low income. Make it illegal for smokers to get any sort of medical insurance or life insurance since they don't care about their life and want to die anyway. I think this will work better. If you ban smoking at some places they'll just go elsewhere to smoke. Not much difference.

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recently i saw alot of 5 posts newbie

 

thanks for your post, thanks for your post

 

 

then up lorry liao

 

wonder all the same person

School holiday lai liao! Mid yr exam kao tim....children got spare time...post for easy money!

Luckily underraker mod liao! He very alert one! :D

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Maybe the government should just try other methods to control the smokers in Singapore. Rather than just banning smoking at certain areas. The could just say no healthcare subsidies for smokers even if they are Singaporean or low income. Make it illegal for smokers to get any sort of medical insurance or life insurance since they don't care about their life and want to die anyway. I think this will work better. If you ban smoking at some places they'll just go elsewhere to smoke. Not much difference.

Proven...liquor cause liver problem....too much salt cause a host of ailments.......too much sugar will also cause other problems.

Ask garment to ban them hor! [thumbsup] [thumbsup]

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Twincharged

until you and you family start riding bicycle or walk to work or go out.... don't come and talk c*ck pls.....

 

cars and buses no pollution?

 

Cars and buses is something that you need to use. Whereas smoking doesn't give any benefits to anyone at all. Not even the smoker.

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Twincharged
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Proven...liquor cause liver problem....too much salt cause a host of ailments.......too much sugar will also cause other problems.

Ask garment to ban them hor! [thumbsup] [thumbsup]

 

These are not totally without benefits. Proven that moderate amount of alcoholic drinks can be beneficial to you. Salt and sugar is also beneficial in moderation. Its only too much then will cause problems. Can you name any benefit that smoking gives you? Other than killing yourself and others? I don't think smoking provides any benefits right?

 

The reason why smoking should be banned or controlled is because there is totally no point in smoking at all. Causes pollution and kills people. Its the same as why drugs are illegal. No benefits. Only can kill you.

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Hypersonic
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Its like earth hour off light for 1 hour

Or in jb every sat, supermarket dont give u plastic bags to carry your stuff.

 

Its to create AWARENESS..

 

 

but who off light for one hour during earth hour.................and how many know when is earth hour???............ :blink:

 

JB sat no plastic bag............other day still give out alot.............sat if want just pay 20 sen...............still get plastic bag what...........

 

JB sat no plastic is all use to it liao............where got awareness.............not like because of that ppl other days dont take plastic bag....

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Cars and buses is something that you need to use. Whereas smoking doesn't give any benefits to anyone at all. Not even the smoker.

 

I never knew cars n buses was one of the first thing invented since evolution....

 

get down from your high horse la.......

 

 

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