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califdann
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While I don't smoke, I am perplexed by this news article;
Khao San nightspot busted in health raid
Cigarette vending machine seized
Aphaluck Bhatiasevi
Health authorities raided a popular restaurant on Khao San road last night and asked police to charge the management on three counts of breaching no-smoking laws.
The Club faces a charge of having a cigarette vending machine, which is illegal under the Tobacco Product Control Act of 1992. The maximum penalty is a month's jail and/or a 2,000-baht fine.
It is the first time authorities have taken action against cigarette vending machines.
The machine was sealed with tape after the raid so it could no longer be used.
The restaurant was also charged with failing to post a non-smoking sign to warn customers, an offence which carries a 2,000-baht fine, and allowing smoking in a prohibited area which is liable to a fine of 20,000 baht.
Smokers were each fined 2,000 baht.
Chain Singhen, the deputy manager, denied the machine belonged to the restaurant, although he had seen someone coming to fill it with packets of cigarettes.
Narong Sahamethaphat, deputy director-general of the Disease Control Department, warned that importation or possession of cigarette vending machines was illegal.
Hathai Chitanondh, an anti-smoking activist who joined the raid, said he suspected a cigarette manufacturer indirectly supported illegal imports of machines into the kingdom.
Source: Bangkok Post
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 2:25 am on July 18, 2003
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oh I don't know why you're perplexed by this Califdan... it's just YET another example of the world going insane with it's anti-smoking laws.
I forced myself to stop getting surprised by these insanities. Pretty soon I think the satge will be reached in my home country where it's more socially acceptable to be a heroin junkie than a smoker.
C'est la vie!
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Bangkok Women : Meet Sensual Bangkok Women
Posted on: 3:57 am on July 18, 2003
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Mr Alan
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As long as you don't smoke the heroin, it should not be a problem.
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 4:06 am on July 18, 2003
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Arcadius
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it's YET another example of the world going insane with it's anti-smoking laws
Actually, the anti-smoking laws here started breaking down quite soon after they were introduced (with some fanfare) last November.
I don't think Thais are naturals when it comes to Puritanical interference in people's private lives. This is just half-hearted following of international fashion.
Lest we forget, the Thai statute books are full of laws and restrictions which have fallen into disuse because they were only there for cosmetic purposes in the first place, or else the authorities lost interest in enforcing them (except to earn some extra protection money, naturally). Prostitution is illegal in Thailand, LOL.
I suspect the ban on vending machines has more to do with protecting employment. Everywhere you go, people are selling cigarettes on the street, so their absence is certainly no great hardship for the consumer.
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Sexy Bangkok Girls
Posted on: 6:42 am on July 18, 2003
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Mr Alan
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"I don't think Thais are naturals when it comes to Puritanical interference in people's private lives."
The US is at the forefront of banning smoking in public places. Where I live you can't even smoke in outdoor seating at a restaurant. Each city in the US has its own policy.
This has nothing to do with "interference in people's private lives". Second-hand smoke is bothersome and dangerous to non-smoking employees and customers. In places where smoking is allowed, people who don't smoke are accustomed to the smoke and will show some damage to lungs, etc. When one goes totally smoke free, even second-hand smoke is very bothersome to one's health and well-being.
In the privacy on one's home, anyone is allowed to smoke.
But the other argument is that government pays the a large part of the bill for healthcare, and that it costs them billions of dollars to treat smoking related diseases.
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 11:17 am on July 18, 2003
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The Mac
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Being a smoker, the ban on smoking in restaurant is often a hell... specially at the coffee time.
Also, bad for the restaurant as for the digestif, I now go to bar which means less profit to the restaurant.
Now, I still do agree with smoking ban laws whatever the motives when it concerns closed area only but as long as smoking is legal, it should not be banned in fully public area.
And building should also take care to have smoking areas in order to avoid having all smokers scattered at the front door which, I agree, will be a nuisance to everybody.
Getting back to smoking in public area, I still do agree to have ban in some areas like parks (example: the one next to the Emporium). Actually I like to go there for having a little freshness and never wanted to smoke until I reach the exit gate.
But if smoking is such a health hazard and cost so much to governements, why we still have so much advertisements. Take example of Europe where such advertisements are simply illegal.
And no one mention about those buses in Bangkok with such nice black clouds behind them... isn't also as bad as smoking?
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Bangkok Women : Meet Beautiful Thai Girls
Posted on: 1:04 pm on July 18, 2003
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