NO SMOKIN’ UPDATE: Hours after i blogged about the need for more stringent boundaries for smokers (see DEVIL & DEATH CARDS ARE SMOKIN’) – which i make no apologies for, having experienced first-hand the dire effects of smoking and being a passive smoker – here are the latest rules for Sydney smokers, courtesy of Charles Duthie, The Sydney Standard : :
Fri 04/01/13 11:26 am
“New Smoking bans
On Monday 7th 2013 you will no longer be able to smoke in or around the following public areas:
- Within 10 metres of children’s play equipment,
- Swimming pool complexes,
- Spectator areas of sports grounds or other recreational areas while organised sporting events are being held,
- Railway platforms, light rail stations and ferry wharves,
- Bus stops, light rail stops and taxi ranks,
- Within 4 metres of a pedestrian access point to a public building,
And from 2015 in:
Commercial outdoor dining areas being:
- a seated dining area, or
- within 4 metres of a seated dining area on premises that are licensed premises under the Liquor Act 2007 or the premises of a restaurant defined in that Act, or
- within 10 metres of a place at a food fair where food is sold or supplied for consumption at the event, with a food fair being an organised event at which the principal activities are the sale or supply of food for consumption at the event and the consumption of that food.”
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Things are turning around, Guys.
2013 make it obscene…
Kris xx Mistress of New Age