Vice Governor of Jakarta Basuki Purnama Tjahaja very serious about pushing Jakarta free from cigarette smoke. One of its efforts is to tighten the no-smoking rules are applied gradually.

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Vice Governor of Jakarta Basuki Purnama Tjahaja very serious about pushing Jakarta free from cigarette smoke. One of its efforts is to tighten the no-smoking rules are applied gradually.




Do not give opportunities to people who ngerokok. As in the plane's obviously baseball should not smoke
- T Basuki Purnama

"Do not give opportunities to people who ngerokok. As in the plane's obviously baseball should not smoke," said Basuki, at City Hall Jakarta, Thursday (10/01/2013).

For that, the former Regent of East Belitung plans expand no-smoking area. The direction, the smoking ban should be run on government buildings and private, shopping centers and restaurants, educational institutions, and other public places.

Basuki found, Designated smoking rooms are made in public places such as an office building or shopping center does not run optimally. Because the toxins coming out of the smoke of smokers still may leak and be inhaled by others who are not smokers. However, when asked about sanctions, Basuki can not answer it. To be sure, he said, the rules began in the civil administration that the threat of sanctions in the form of withholding allowances regional performance (TKD) if found smoking in the building / room.

"Dibikinin-smoking rooms are also tetep leak right? So better not, if you want ngerokok ya must be outside," he said.