Jamaica preparing to ban smoking in public places

[Tilla]

Jamaica preparing to ban smoking in public places

Island country following in footsteps of other Caribbean nations.
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) —Jamaica is set to become the latest regional country to ban smoking in public.

Health Minister Fenton Ferguson told lawmakers Tuesday that smoking will be prohibited in public places beginning July 15.

Ferguson says businesses will have six months to post "No Smoking" signs and all tobacco products will have to include new warnings about the health effects of lighting up.

He says further details about enforcement and other aspects of smoking ban are to be announced soon.

Other Caribbean spots that already have public smoking bans include the Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Suriname and Grenada.

[Assasin]

Mi hear they can charge the business owner if you light up in there. The next time the weed light up in stadium, who get charged?

Overall it is a good step forward but some of it seems a little heavy.

[Exile]

..and Trinidad and Tobago.

[Mosiah]

Mobay United and Cavalier already banned smoking at their stadia.

[Historian]

Bad news....

Mobay United and Cavalier already banned smoking at their stadia.

X, this is very bad news, bro!! Wouldn’t you agree that it’s very bad news?

[HL]

Historian: please let a sleeping "pit-bull" lie.

Ruufff...ruufffff

[Assasin]

It beats me the places we smuggle the weed fi bun it.

Good that it is ban in some places. Remember the boys champ bleachers days when some man come in with them chalice and light it up amongst the school youths.