Thu, Sep 9, 2010
Tobacco Reporter Magazine Content:
Curb smoking through awareness, not penalties
Mar 9, 2010—A member of Saudi Arabia’s Shoura Council [Consultation Council] yesterday told the house that imposing penalties was not the way to curb tobacco smoking. Amr Al-Waleek called instead for organized awareness campaigns in schools and mosques, according to a story in the Arab News.
The Council was considering a draft law that would ban tobacco smoking in public places and, specifically, impose a penalty of SR500 for those found smoking inside airport buildings.
The law would ban the cultivation of tobacco and the manufacture of products that contain tobacco, and increase the tariffs on imported tobacco products.
It would ban the sale of tobacco to minors and address the issue of health warnings.
Saudi Arabia signed the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in 2004, but the government’s subsequent decision to ban tobacco smoking in public places has not been effectively enforced.
Mar 9, 2010—A member of Saudi Arabia’s Shoura Council [Consultation Council] yesterday told the house that imposing penalties was not the way to curb tobacco smoking. Amr Al-Waleek called instead for organized awareness campaigns in schools and mosques, according to a story in the Arab News.
The Council was considering a draft law that would ban tobacco smoking in public places and, specifically, impose a penalty of SR500 for those found smoking inside airport buildings.
The law would ban the cultivation of tobacco and the manufacture of products that contain tobacco, and increase the tariffs on imported tobacco products.
It would ban the sale of tobacco to minors and address the issue of health warnings.
Saudi Arabia signed the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in 2004, but the government’s subsequent decision to ban tobacco smoking in public places has not been effectively enforced.
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