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Dr. Ramadoss' Anti-smoking Ban Throws Up Interesting “fine-paying” Anecdotes!
At the busy New Delhi railway station, anti-smoking officials zero in on a young eunuch puffing on a cigarette, but hesitate before demanding a fine.
"What fine? I don't pay any fine, I extract it from others," Sabbo Rani replied as the big gang of eunuchs surrounding him burst into loud laughter.
The officials promptly backed off, greatly amused, and aware that eunuchs in India are known to extort money from people on festivities by threatening to bare themselves.
Elsewhere during a crackdown on smoking, many offenders reacted with shock, outrage and sneers, while some pleaded and others haggled hard for a lower penalty - underscoring the difficulties in implementing the new rules.
Last month, the government tightened an anti-smoking law that had been largely ineffectual and stepped up its advertising and legal drive against smoking.
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in February said one in every 10 deaths in India from 2010 would be smoking-related.
Despite wide publicity, many people are still unaware that public smoking has been banned again.
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srinivasan k iyer(Guest)
11/12/2008
None ever even thought of it since India's Independence. Hats Off to Dr.anbumani ramadoss, for his machiavellian effort in bringing out a law which has to be scrupulously and seriously implemented by all states. Yes, by stopping, its going to decrease the disease ratio by one hundred percent. With out realizing all these personal benefits for individual smokers, many harpe on the Minister's excellent direction and making some totally irrelevant and incongrous comments most indecently. Its upto the smoker's to pay the fine and buy the disease.
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