Committee urged to speed up law which bans smoking in public places

The parliamentary Committee urged the Municipal Council to speed up the law which bans smoking in public places. According tolocal news paper Arab Times, the committee member MP Waleed Al-Tabtabaei also urged the council to allocate smoking areas in cafés and restaurants.

MP said that the country is bound by the international convention on designating smoking areas so the concerned local authorities must take the necessary action in this regard.