Botswana: New Tobacco Bill in the Offing

THE Minister of Health Lesego Motsumi is scheduled to present to Parliament the Control of Smoking (Amendment) Bill, 2004. The Bill seeks to amend some of the clauses of the present Smoking Act and ban smoking in public places.

The Bill is an attempt by the Ministry to revamp the current Act in a bid to make the work place and entertainment areas risk free to non-smokers.

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