No to designated smoking zones

KUALA LUMPUR: Some 56 non-governmental organisations protested against the government’s plan to allow designated smoking zones, saying that it is “contradictory” to the government’s anti-smoking efforts.

The NGOs, some of which are professional health bodies, said while they were not against providing places where smokers can dispose of their cigarette buds, the special smoking areas would make it seem that the government is “normalising” the smoking habit.