Nine women serve as ministers, making up almost one third of the UAE cabinet, Mona Ghanem Al Marri, Vice President of the UAE Gender Balance Council said
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The UAE health ministry is proposing a blanket ban on smoking which means there will no longer be any designated areas for smoking in public.
The proposal is being readied to be presented to the Prime Minister's Office by the year-end for approval since it will require an amendment in the National Anti-Tobacco Law.
Currently, smokers - by law - are prohibited from smoking in malls, public transport, government offices, restaurants, cafeterias, vehicles except for in places where it is allowed. Shisha smoking is prohibited in public parks, gardens and beaches. However, they are to smoke just outside of these premises.
Cigarette packs with gory warnings by 2017 Pictorial warnings covering 70 per cent of cigarette packs with sterner warning messages in English and Arabic will be in place by 2017, said a health official on Tuesday. As reported by Khaleej Times on Monday, the UAE is changing the set of pictorial warnings on tobacco products as well as discussing an increase in taxation to curb tobacco use. "The size of the pictorial warnings that cover the cigarette pack is going to be increased from the current 50 per cent to 70 per cent," said Dr Wedad. She said the packaging was standard across the GCC countries. "A set of five pictures are being finalized and will be used in rotation," she said. While the WHO's theme for this year's World No Tobacco Day focuses on plain packaging, the official said that there were no current plans. "We will be taking this up in the future," she added. |
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