Inspectors fined 149 people for smoking at bus stops in the first quarter since the toughened version of Macau’s anti-smoking law took effect on January 1, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday.
The Legislative Assembly (AL) passed the government-initiated Tobacco Prevention and Control Law’s amendment bill during a plenary session in July last year.
The new version of the law bans smoking within a 10-metre-area of all bus stops and taxi ranks.
This undated handout photo provided by the Health Bureau (SSM) yesterday shows its anti-smoking inspectors checking if anyone is smoking at a bus stop in Nape.
