Members of Rio approves law banning smoking in public places
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Rio de Janeiro - Members of the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro (Alerj) endorsed today (11) a bill that prohibits smoking cigarettes, cigars and pipes in all public places in the state. The initiative was sent to the Legislature as a message, the state government.
According to the text adopted, the merchants who allow smoking in bars, nightclubs, clubs and restaurants will be punished with heavy fines, from R$ 3 to R$ 30 mil. Likewise, those responsible will be penalized by means of public transport.
The government leader in the Alerj, by Paulo Melo (PMDB), said in a statement that the smokefree law aims to combat the evils of smoking both for smokers and for nonsmokers who aspire to smoke cigarettes and end up with problems health, albeit unintentionally.
A similar law went into effect recently in the state of Sao Paulo, banning smoking in enclosed public places.
The project Alerj now moves to sanction the governor Sergio Cabral.
Source: Agência Brazil
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