Starting this Thursday (Tomorrow), anyone found smoking in public will be arrested as the Tobacco Control Act takes effect.
Among other things the Tobacco Control Act 2014, which was passed into law last year criminalises buying a stick of cigarette for a person below the age of 21, to sell or operate tobacco-related products or smoke a cigarette within 50 metres of a public facility or in places such as schools or hospitals.
Among other things the Tobacco Control Act 2014, which was passed into law last year criminalises buying a stick of cigarette for a person below the age of 21, to sell or operate tobacco-related products or smoke a cigarette within 50 metres of a public facility or in places such as schools or hospitals.
According to Ms Mable Kukunda, an advocacy officer at Uganda National Health Users/Consumers Organisation (UNHCO), If found smoking within 50 feet of a public facility or in enclosed areas, a person will pay a fine of Shs200,000 or be arrested and jailed for five months or both depending on what the judge decides.
According to Mr Moses Talibita, a legal officer with UNHCO, after six months ending November, the entire law will be implemented.
According to Mr Moses Talibita, a legal officer with UNHCO, after six months ending November, the entire law will be implemented.
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