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In the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo banned smoking in enclosed public places, except in prisons, which are under the jurisdiction of federal authorities in Brazil.
State Governor Jose Serra has already signed a law that will come will come into force 90 days. According to the decree, prohibited smoking in restaurants, bars, shops, halls and houses government offices. The government of Sao Paulo also intend to eliminate all special smoking rooms equipped with ventilation air.
An exception is made for open spaces – the streets of cities and the open-air terraces with establishments catering. By the open spaces where smoking is allowed, equal, and the rostrum of football stadiums that have no roofs. Residents and visitors to Sao Paulo will also be able to smoke in their own apartments, and designated hotel rooms, the report says.
Fines for violating the law will vary from 792 to 3 million Brazilian reais (from 375 to 1,422 million dollars).
Nevertheless, the only area that is not covered by the new anti-law, left the prison because they are under the jurisdiction of federal authorities in Brazil.
This country is a world leader in combating smoking. Ministry of Health of Brazil necessarily places on cigarette packs outreach, called the people “series of horror” – the image of women’s disfigured face wrinkles, smoker’s heart, full of cigarette stubs, and the corpse of a baby, smoked tobacco smoke.
According to a survey of young people aged 18 to 24 years, just such a picture should cause the target audience the greatest aversion to cigarettes. According to the Health Ministry of Brazil, clearly campaigning against smoking gives good results: s1989 and 2004, cigarette consumption per capita has declined in Brazil by 32%, while the number of smokers over the age of 15 has decreased almost twice – from 32% of the population in 1989 to 17% in 2007.
Recall the recent power the Chinese province of Hubei Province, on the contrary, ordered local officials and public employees to smoke more to support the local tobacco industry, and thus strengthen the economy of the region during the crisis.