Come May, no fags for schoolkids

Times Of India ^

[milestogo]

Come May, no fags for schoolkids

NEW DELHI : Under an Act which will be notified in the next few days, selling cigarettes to children below 18 years will be an offence.

That's not all. Under the stringent anti-tobacco law, smoking in public places anywhere in the country will invite penalty. So, the airports, railway stations and bus stops will hopefully wear a sanitised look without the familiar tobacco smell.

 

Already, tobacco selling is prohibited at stations. But health minister Sushma Swaraj wants to go a step further. When the notification becomes part of the government gazette next week, no tobacco products can be advertised either on TV or in newspapers. "We'll see to it that no surrogate ads sneak in," Swaraj said on Saturday. The ban will not be clamped immediately.

 

"After the notification, it will require time to put in place the machinery to implement the new law," Swaraj said. "The ban will be effective from May." </D< div>

[cmsgop]

Thats so gay!

[doodad]

LOL, but I thought it was "ghey" for the internet hip.

[templar]

India seems to be moving toward a more modern culture. Wonder if it's western influence, general educational development, or just a desire to make some cultural progress among the higher 'caste' rulers?

[gitmo]

Good idea.

[Leroy S. Mort]

..the airports, railway stations and bus stops will hopefully wear a sanitised look without the familiar tobacco smell.

When they ban curry, THEN I might consider a visit.

[Gabz]

PUFFFFFFFFFFFF

[Coleus]

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[JoJo Gunn]

I thought at first this was a GLSEN/GLAAD/NAMBLA thread.

[Mears]

I wonder if the low caste members who sleep in the gutters and sewers of Calcutta will be allowed to smoke?

Imagine a country like India that has people looking for food(and maybe butts)in garbage dumps worrying about the smoke from cigarettes.

I think they have a lot more to worry about.

[VermiciousKnid]

I guess the Indian government has solved the starvation, disentery, and malaria problems, and has also been successful at ending the practices of aborting girl babies and selling children into virtual slavery.

Right?

Regards,

[SheLion]

NO FAGS FOR SCHOOL KIDS? Well, they will just go to Mass where it's LEGAL! heh! (I'm not talking about cigarettes here). LOL

[Jeff Chandler]

You wrote "fags". Heh heh.