KUANTAN: Eatery owners in Pahang are calling for a win-win solution over the proposed total smoking ban at all open air outlets. Sin said this was unfair to eatery operators as it was pushing the responsibility to them to stop customers from smoking. Sin also said the Health Ministry was not tackling the smoking problem effectively as illegal cigarettes were still being sold everywhere. Why is the Health Ministry not issuing summonses to those smoking illegal cigarettes but holding us honest business owners liable for failing to stop someone from smoking in our shops,” he said. They represented some 500 eatery owners in Pahang.

Source: The Star December 17, 2018 01:41 UTC