Jakarta Begin Anti-Smoking

The Jakarta administration and several NGOs will on Monday visit office buildings and public areas throughout the city to campaign against smoking in public, an official announced Sunday.

Administration spokesman Purba Hutapea said the campaign would initially introduce managers of the buildings and areas to the law banning smoking and the penalties it entailed.

"We will not hold raids yet. We are only campaigning for the ban," he said as quoted by Tempointeraktif.com.

The Jakarta administration has yet to fully implement a 2005 bylaw on air pollution that regulates smoking in public places. Anyone in violation of the bylaw may face up to six months in jail or a maximum Rp 50 million (US$4,350) fine. The Jakarta Post