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14th October 2008 :: No more smoking in public places

On the 2nd of October the Government of India banned smoking in public places which is good news if you are a non smoker. You would know how bad it is going to a restaurant that smell of stale smoke, right? The thing to note here is that the government has not banned the production or the sale of cigarettes but only the consumption of it in public places. The reason behind this is simple, passive smoking is dangerous too and while screwing up your own health by smoking is okay, you wouldn't be allowed to make others sick. So far so good but this raises some others questions too.

  1. As parents should you be allowed to smoke in a house? It does affect the health of your kids after all
  2. As an expecting mother should you be allowed to smoke as that also harms the unborn baby?

Smoking is not the only thing that harms others, lets see a few more of those things from tomorrow.

We have just completed a website called Smokefree for the World Lung Foundation. Do check it out.
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