Ban on public smoking in force

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  • KOJO 11 years ago

    THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO ACT ON THIS AND NO OTHER

  • JUSTICE ATUGUBA 11 years ago

    Which law is this illiterate talking about? What does it actually say? What's a public place?

  • THINK TWICE 11 years ago

    I support the gov. to ban smooking in public, many europeans ban smooking in public,it's harmful to those who smell than the smooker. do something gh.

  • SUALIHU NYANKPALA SOUTH 11 years ago

    The issue of smoking in public should have been implemented by now to prevent further lost of lifes. I hope that, the neccessery Athority would look at it and implement it.

  • Alex Kojo Sammy-Paris 11 years ago

    they have to baund it in public...once nd God bless u! oman Ghana...

  • Prof Lungu 11 years ago

    Wondering what "in public" in this context actually means.

    Is it when another person who is not a family member sees the "smoker" smoking or must the "smoker" be seen smoking on public property, in a public conveyance, or ...
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  • Smoking Obruni 11 years ago

    Define a public place!!! This law was never signed off by the president anyway, not to mention that Mahama smokes himself!! I am fed up of the police trying to stop me for smoking in my vehicle deeming it a public place - Thi ...
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  • Prof Lungu 11 years ago

    Wow!

    Law "never signed off" by Mr. Mahama?

    And, Mr. "Mahama smokes himself"? He must have found himself "a tad" comfortable last week in Japan, where "smoking in public" is condoned a lot!

    BTW - We think this is a go ...
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  • Lois 11 years ago

    When you ban certain things,it should be enforced in the north as well because it looks like they are not part of the country.As at now people smoke publicly as if smoking has just been made legal.Also commercial buses 'trotr ...
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  • Tetteh Nubuor 11 years ago

    Public place smoking ban starts with the public servant i.e. the minister, the principal secretary, the soldier, the police officer, the fire fighter, the medical doctor, the store manager, the factory floor manager, the rest ...
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  • Opiah Kukubor 11 years ago

    Instead of wasting taxpayers money trying to look for people who have chosen to smoke to arrest, the government should use those resources to eradicate mosquitoes from our communities. The billions saved in treating malaria c ...
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  • Glorious 11 years ago

    If Ghana does not ban homosexuality like Nigeria, all Nigerian homosexuals will stream into Ghana. Let us make it hard for homosexuals to walk on the soils of West Africa. They can go to Britain, France and the United States ...
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  • PETER KOMLA KPORDUGBE 11 years ago

    What kind of people are Ghanaians? Ban smoking in public by people but leave trotros to smoke from Accra to Tamale?

  • Desmond Atta Owusu Sekyere 11 years ago

    Not only smoking in public area alone but homossexuality too !!!

  • KOFI ASANTE 11 years ago

    WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY? THAT I CANT SMOKE IN THE STREET, AT THE BEACH, IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE------

  • km agyin 11 years ago

    I saw a man being harassed by some people for smoking at the bus stop saying it was a public area. We have to make sure that in protecting non smokers from passive smoking, we do not infringe on the rights of smokers. A publ ...
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  • ROMANO 11 years ago

    NTAMPIE GOOD MANKIND AND IT CURE ALL KIND NA DISEASES ASTHMA,TB,CANCER,MALARIA ETC .IT IS BETTER THAN CIGARETTES,