OUR VIEW: Ensure adequate enforcement of smoking ban

Publication Date: 2016-02-12

• Publication:Pacific Daily News

Smoking in bars will no longer be allowed on island beginning next year, but the law will be only effective if elected officials ensure the government can effectively enforce it...

Before the law goes into effect, the government should work with the island’s business community to help raise awareness on how to properly comply with the new law...

Elected officials need to ensure law enforcement and regulatory agencies have the necessary resources to send a clear message that any violation of the new smoking ban will result in enforcement...