Bhutan The First Nonsmoking Nation

Posted by Dr. Awab Alvi

January 20, 2005 | 9 views

Bhutan has taken the lead in the world to entirely ban the use of Tobacco throughout the nation. Since Dec. 17, it has been illegal to smoke in public or sell tobacco. Violators are fined the equivalent of $232ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬more than two months’ salary in Bhutan. Authorities have heralded the ban by igniting a bonfire of cigarette cartons in the capital, Thimphu, and stringing banners across the main thoroughfare, exhorting people to kick the habit — As if they have a choice.