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22Jun/103

Smokefree Saudi Arabia: Smoking banned at Saudi airports!

A major step forward, Saudi Arabia re-enforces it's ban on smoking in airports by forcing a 200SR (about $50) fine on anyone smoking in a Saudi airport! It's about time, so many people are already smoking in the airports including airport employees!

From Arab News:

Although the Kingdom passed anti-smoking regulations in August 2003, the habit is growing among its population. There are six million smokers in the country who puff away SR8 billion every year. According to one report, smoking-related diseases kill at least 33 people in the Kingdom each month.

We still have a long way to go though.

Make sure to follow @SmokefreeRiyadh on twitter for the Smokefree Riyadh project.

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  • http://qusaytoday.com/en Qusay

    I hope this is not a 22nd of June fool’s day,the smoker smoking under a non-smoking sign is one of the symbols of our society.

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  • Marwan

    I doubt it will work.

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  • firoz

    i hate to be skeptic but there a good number of laws here that are not applied or followed by a good number of people !

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