Victorias City wants to be ‘smoke-free’

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BY MAE SINGUAY
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BACOLOD City – Victorias City, Negros Occidental wants to be a smoke-free city.

Yesterday, Mayor Francis Frederick Palanca led the launch of City Ordinance (CO) No 10-2017at the public plaza.

CO 10-2017 prohibits the sale, distribution and advertisement of cigarettes and other tobacco products, and electronic cigarettes in the city.

The ordinance was approved by the Sangguniang Panlungsod in August, three months after President Rodrigo Duterte signed Executive Order 26 which regulated smoking in the entire country.

According to Palanca, smoking will only be allowed in designated areas.

Individual violators will be fined P500 for the first offense, P800 for the second offense and P1,000 for third offense or imprisonment for at most five days or both based on the court’s discretion, the ordinance stated.

Establishments caught violating CO 10-2017 will also be penalized: P2,000 fine for first offense, P3,000 for second offense and P5,000 for third offense and/or suspension or cancellation of permits and licenses, the ordinance further stated./PN
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