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Kurdistan parliament approves law to ban
smoking
15.11.2007
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November 15, 2007
Erbil-Hewler, Kurdistan region 'Iraq',-- The
parliament of Iraq's Kurdistan region approved a law
to fight smoking in the province, which stipulates
importing and exporting cigarettes from well-known
international companies and imposes fines on traders
and smokers in public places.
This came during the session held on Wednesday
afternoon, headed by Speaker Adnan Mufti, with the
presence of Health Minister Zeryan Abdul Rahman to
discuss articles of a law aimed at fighting smoking
in the province.
"The session dedicated to discuss the smoking law in
the province and its health, social, and religious
damage," the health minister said during the
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"The law stipulates importing and exporting
cigarettes from only well-known international
companies, bans smoking among youths and in public
places, and imposes fines on exporting and importing
cigarettes," Zeryan Abdul Rahman added.
"We do not need a law to limit smoking but we do
need the government’s instructions to ban smoking,"
MP Suzan Shehab said. www.ekurd.net
The Kurdish parliament is composed of 111 members
mostly in two blocs: the Green Bloc of Iraqi
President Jalal Talabani's Patriotic Union of
Kurdistan (PUK) and the Yellow Bloc of Iraqi
Kurdistan Region Massoud Barzani's Kurdistan
Democratic Party (KDP), in addition to other blocs.
VOI
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