KUALA LUMPUR: Some 708 fines, amounting to RM170,200, have been issued to smokers - including minors - as well as owners of food premises following enforcement of the smoking ban at eateries from Jan 1.
They issued 605 fines, amounting to RM144,450.00, to smokers. These include 34, issued to minors .
"Those found smoking in eateries were given the RM250 fine and first time offenders can get it lowered to RM150 if the payment is made at any health district office within one month from the date the fine was issued," said Health director-general Datuk Seri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in a statement Thursday .
Meanwhile, eatery owners who committed offence for the first or second time are fined RM250, while for third and subsequent offences the fine is RM350. The latest regulations prohibit smoking within a three-metre radius from any table or chair at an eating place.
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