SMOKE BAN

ToDay is an important day for smokers to remember...


SMOKING BAN in Singapore... !!..Hahaha.. i think my DaDDy will remember this better than our wedding anniversary...cos no more smoking in entertainment nightspots.. For some of the clubs like MOS and St James, they have special smoking rooms for their patrons to puff all they want while still enjoying the music.. think "Chakravarthy" did not arrange for that corner... Poor DaDDy.. had to take a puff outdoor...

Actually DO YOU KNOW that England also initated a same smoke Ban on 1st July 2007 too...? They call it SMOKE FREE ENGLAND...i think they ban smoking in public indoor places and If you're caught smoking in a banned area you could be fined £50 - up to £200 if it goes to court.

I went to the NEA website and checked out abt the smoking ban in Singapore..Wah!! I did not know so many places are banned from smoking... the list was really long man...Sian liao.. i think they might as well make Singapore a smoke-FREE country better...... Sometimes the government so contradicting lor.. if they want people to quit smoking, then just banned the cigarettes and finish lah... end of story... no need to spend so much money on educating people the danger of smoking lah.. then now come and ban places for smoking.. Increase Cigarette prices lah.. all waste time and waste money... wat for? They can ban chewing gum, then should be no problem banning cigarettes rite?

By the way, DO YOU KNOW THEY INCREASE THE CIGARETTES PRICE TO $11.60 per PACK??? Wah... i remember 3-5 years ago is only $8 per pack.. now increased at least 40% liao... they really know how to jerk up the prices... why? just because they increase GST to 7%?? they really know when to make money out of it...

BUT again the government will not ban cigarette lah.... cos tabacco is one of the heavily tax items which the government can earn as income.. that's how Singapore make money wat.. tax this and tax that....

Then again, the smokers will still buy right... i heard the news that one of them even said he will not quit untill they increase the price to $20 per pack.. Wah!! this die-hard fan man...I think even the person one day die also want to bring the cigarettes to the grave... if it was me huh... i rather save the money and use it on parking coupons... at least every $0.50 i can park half an hour.. haiz...


So where are the areas where smoking is disallowed?

Practically everywhere lah!! All indoor places in all areas of amusement and cinema entertainments... sport and fitness arena, airconditioned halls/ ballrooms, airconditioned offices and factories... Any air-conditioned shopping mall or complex, including any shop, atrium, corridor, lobby, stairwell or other area within the shopping mall or complex.. HUH!! this one.. i didn't know leh!!! Like that, the poor workers can't even get their smoking break lor...

Of cos Healthcare establishments like clinics and hospitals cannot smoke lah.. they want people to quit leh.. so obviously cannot puff your way.. But if doctors are also smokers.. how to promote the message that smoking is bad for health???!! ....As for the High learning institutes like the Public library or schools, it is a good idea cos nowadays the kids starts this bad habits as young as 13 years old... making it hard of them to learn from friends is a good thing...

So funny leh, they even stated that you cannot smoke in the Supreme Court, the Subordinate Courts and Small Claims Tribunals.... who will do that lah.. that place so heavily guarded with policemens and law enforcer.. unless ur grandfather is LKY, then mayb u can get exemptions... hahah....

I hate those commuters who wait for buses in the bus shelter and bus interchange and take the chance to smoke.. very inconsiderate cos there's young kids and older folks waiting also.. it's bad to blow smoke into their faces and let them inhale second hand smoke... Aaaa.. Underground pedestrian walkway cannot meh?? like the ones near East coast and all?

Thank god... the hawker centres and coffee shops have implemented the smoke FREE rule.. at least they also give chances lah.. only can smoke at designated outdoor refreshment area which is 20% of the total floor area of that foodshop...but hor... it looked so weird sitting inside the yellow box lor... like as though i have a disease and i have to be "quarantine" lor.. Haiz...

Aiyah... Singaporeans are generally very obedient.. getting used to it is a matter of time...Some nightspots can afford to have designated smoking rooms which can take up no more than 10 percent of the indoor space, the smaller ones then cannot lah.... additional money to create the corner and no money making wat.. I think to make it viable, maybe they should just charge an "entry fee" lor... hahahha... like $0.50 per entry or $3 all night long pass... then they can smoke all they want... No bad the idea hor!!

I think some club owners think that their business will drop once this non-smoking rule takes effect.. they so silly lah.. if ur music is good, people will come wat.. some more, most gals like non-smoking areas wat... so more gals will come to the clubs and guys will surely follow... So many Ah-de-jar chicks patronising the clubs, which guys don't want to go?

I heard if you don't comply, you can be could be fined a maximum of $1,000 or face up to six months' jail or both. I wonder they only fine the smokers but how abt the clubs owners? mmmm... They also say that there will be officers from NEA to inspect the clubs.. so better don't play play..

In case you still don't know where you can't smoke... u can check out the website http://app.nea.gov.sg/cms/htdocs/category_sub.asp?cid=248

If you have family members who need help to quit smoking, i sugguest u print out the "NO SMOKING" posters or draw a yellow box at home.... maybe it's the 1st step to encourage smokers to quit smoking..

i think i should start drawing my yellow box in the room for my DaDDy... 10% of the surface area.. mmmmm....which is abt wat? 2 marble tiles?

-- smoke free gal -- jul.01.07