New law bans smoking in public places

 This includes business people who sell to persons under the age of 18 years.  He says that advertising of tobacco could also earn the offender a charge of not more than P5,000 or an imprisonment term not exceeding three months or both.

On the other hand, despite the public's call for stiffer criminal charges on public smoking, the Ministry of Health says that the control of smoking act has been amended to ensure that non-smokers are protected, and that action can be taken against perpetrators. 
Chief Health Officer, Clifford Matsoga, told Mmegi yesterday that they do take action against companies that do not comply with the act that says that smokers and non-smokers should be completely separated in a place where people are gathered in large numbers.