MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will this month ban smoking in public, the health department said on Wednesday, further strengthening some of the toughest tobacco regulation in Asia.

The firebrand leader has waged a ruthless law and order campaign since July that has left more than 3,000 people dead while, as a long-time mayor of the southern city of Davao, he imposed curfews on minors and banned public alcohol sales at night and shirtless men...

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/11 ... -in-public

This must be a good move for public health, however, Duterte's obsession with cleansing the Philippines of "vices" disturbingly resembles a moral crusade.

Philippines president bans smoking in public, with offenders facing jail
19 May 2017
Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order banning smoking in public across the second-most populous country in south-east Asia, creating one of the region’s strictest anti-tobacco laws.

The ban, which carries a maximum penalty of four months in jail and a fine of 5,000 pesos ($100), covers both indoor and outdoor smoking, presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella said on Thursday.

Duterte campaigned for the presidency promising to be tough on criminals, the corrupt, and drug pushers and users and to uproot vices one by one, such as smoking and illegal gambling.

Designated smoking areas not larger than 10 square metres will be set up for adults only and must be at least 10m from building entrances or exits, according to the order signed on Tuesday. Police-led anti-smoking taskforces will be created in towns and cities.

The smoking ban also covers “vaping” or the use of electronic cigarettes and will apply in casinos, including gaming floors and entertainment rooms, and inside airport buildings, except in designated outdoor smoking areas.

Philippine public health campaigners have long battled the hefty tobacco lobby and welcomed Duterte’s push to end smoking in public.
The country has about 17 million smokers, or nearly a third of the adult population, a 2014 report by the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance shows...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/ ... acing-jail

Smoking should just be outright banned worldwide.

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There's also been a fairly recent ban in K.O.W did anyone notice the change?