Orchard Road smoking ban: More than 4,000 tickets issued to smokers last year

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SINGAPORE: More than 4,000 tickets were issued last year to smokers caught lighting up outside the designated smoking areas in the Orchard Road, ...

, save for about 50 designated smoking areas - or yellow boxes - where individuals can light up.

In April, when enforcement kicked in, a daily average of 21 tickets were issued. This fell to about 14 tickets a day between May 1 and Dec 31.“This is a more than 50 times reduction since the start of Orchard Road No Smoking Zone, and a one-third reduction since enforcement began on April 2019,” the agency said.'SMOKERS AWARE OF NO SMOKING ZONE'

"Since implementation of the No Smoking Zone, the Orchard Road pedestrian thoroughfare is comparatively cleaner for all non-smoking visitors, whilst smokers have adjusted to smoking within the designated smoking areas,” said Mr Steven Goh, executive director of Orchard Road Business Association.USING VIDEO ANALYTICS TO DETECT SMOKERS

 

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