'Focus of smoking ban is on awareness, not punishment'

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The administration’s biggest focus in implementing the generational smoking ban enacted on Wednesday will be on raising awareness rather than in meting out punishment, says President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu. He made the remarks while speaking to reporters after ratifying amendments to the Tobacco Control Act which will ban smoking for all Maldivian citizens born in or after 2007, starting November. Reporters questioned