SMOKING BANNED PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN YEREVAN

Tert.am
17.05.11

Yerevan Municipality has banned smoking in public transport and public
food catering facilities.

Breach of the new decision will entail administrative responsibility,
the Municipality said on its website.

Yerevan Mayor Karen Karapetyan also proposed the chief or Armenia~Rs
Traffic Police to strengthen surveillance measures to hold accountable
those who will smoke in public and private transport.

Yerevantrans, LLC, in turn has been instructed to join the control
effort in public transport. Those drivers of public transport who
breach the ban will be punished according to their contracts.

The Yerevan Municipality also proposed the public food catering
facilities to allocate separate areas for smoking.