Government to make changes to smoking ban
Jul 29, 2013
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Health Minister Dr. Fenton Ferguson is expected to outline changes to the no-smoking regulations when Parliament meets on Tuesday following an executive council meeting of the ruling People’s National Party (PNP) where government senator KD Knight was booed for his position on the smoking ban.
PNP general secretary, Peter Bunting, told reporters at the end of the National Executive Council meeting that Dr. Ferguson had delivered a comprehensive report on the issue.
"The minister said he has listened to the various groups and where there can be some accommodation, he will issue a new set of regulations.
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