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Thailand’s Public Health Warns, Anyone Caught Smoking Within 5 Meters of a No Smoking Sign Face 5,000 Baht Fine
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health has made new declaration, mandating that those found smoking within five meters of a no smoking sign will now be subject to at least a 5,000 baht fine.
Deputy Director-General of the Disease Control Department Dr. Kajornsak Kaeojaras explained today that the new guidelines are more flexible in terms of design but mandate that no smoking signs must be able to accommodate a circular logo of no less than 10 centimeters in diameter.
The new five meter stipulation is in response to complaints that while many public areas have no smoking signs, smokers have been engaging in the behavior just outside the immediate areas, such as in front of schools and temples.
By Suwit Rattiwan