DIPOLOG CITY, Dec. 13 (PIA) - - Smokers beware while in the city.
To avoid penalty and/or getting detained for violating the city’s anti-smoking ordinance, the smokers have been reminded not to smoke inside the public buses/jeepneys, restaurants, malls, marketplaces and other public places within the city.
Reports from the City Information Office (CIO) disclosed that most smokers apprehended last month were coming from the neighboring towns.
Many of these violators were caught smoking in “enclosed public places” such as night clubs, said the CIO.
With this, the city government through the City Health Office (CHO) is appealing to the public to always follow the law.
It can be recalled that the city government came up with the anti-smoking ordinance in support of the Department of Health’s (DOH) campaign against smoking, which has already taken toll on the health of millions of people worldwide.
The DOH has conferred on the city government the pink orchid awards in recognition of its full support to the anti-smoking drive. (FPG/PIA-Zamboanga del Norte)
