Smoking Ban Effective July 15th...

[Bnewb]

The debate I believe, mostly comes from people who think Jamaica is one big beach offering open air restaurants....this is all lovely & fine, for the major tourist areas but much of the population of the rest of Jamaica lives with buildings designed as government offices, hospitals, enclosed restaurants & bars, air conditioned stores, etc....with over a third of the population living in Kingston alone, this is a greater concern in Kingston & more in the city centres around Jamaica. The law does need to be defined more for tourist areas, patio areas etc...but it was designed with the most effected areas of the island in mind.