Mideast Syria Smoking Ban

Mideast Syria Smoking Ban
Syrians smoke water pipes at a café in downtown Damascus, Syria on Monday, Oct. 12, 2009. Syrian President Bashar Assad issued late Sunday a decree banning smoking and selling and providing tobacco products at certain public utilities. The decree also prevents smoking during meetings, conferences, lectures, training activities and official symposiums. The decree also prevents the promotion and advertising of tobacco products and smoking and imposes fines for violating the decree, which will be officially applied after six months. . (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)


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