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Santo Domingo.- At the beginning of the new year, a ban on smoking will be introduced on the public beaches. This measure was initiated by the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources and adopted as a law during the readings in the House of Representatives, approved and passed on to the Senate. Here one agreed with 27 yes votes clearly the new law to which now from 1.1. 2018 will come into force.
Justification: Thousands of cigarette butts have been found and collected during inspections, especially on the highly frequented tourist beaches such as Puerto Plata, Cabarete, Las Terrenas, Punta Cana, Bayahibe / La Romana and Boca Chica / Juan Dolio. Especially in the filters is a high concentration of condensate. The high nicotine content has been proven to have a damaging effect on the offshore coral reefs.
The nicotine is soluble and gets into the coastal waters through the moisture, especially after rainfall, in large quantities. Here, nicotine causes a great deal of damage to the underwater world, not just coral, and fish have been studied in laboratories, and traces of nicotine have been detected.
The ministry of tourism could at least achieve that smoker zones are set up on the hotel beaches, but these are not directly on the beach, smoking corners are to be set up near the beach clubs.
Not only the smokers threaten from January fines, beach bar owners and hotel companies are also held accountable. They have the duty of supervision in their sections and must pay attention to the observance of the smoking ban. This also applies to restaurants on the beach and beach rentals. Penance can be up to 5 minimum wages. In case of recurrence, bars / restaurants / hotels, etc. may lead to temporary closures. These are valid for the first repetition for 1 week, then for one month and then for three months.
http://www.domreptotal.com/dominikanische-republik-rauchverbot-an-oeffentlichen-straenden/
Santo Domingo.- At the beginning of the new year, a ban on smoking will be introduced on the public beaches. This measure was initiated by the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources and adopted as a law during the readings in the House of Representatives, approved and passed on to the Senate. Here one agreed with 27 yes votes clearly the new law to which now from 1.1. 2018 will come into force.
Justification: Thousands of cigarette butts have been found and collected during inspections, especially on the highly frequented tourist beaches such as Puerto Plata, Cabarete, Las Terrenas, Punta Cana, Bayahibe / La Romana and Boca Chica / Juan Dolio. Especially in the filters is a high concentration of condensate. The high nicotine content has been proven to have a damaging effect on the offshore coral reefs.
The nicotine is soluble and gets into the coastal waters through the moisture, especially after rainfall, in large quantities. Here, nicotine causes a great deal of damage to the underwater world, not just coral, and fish have been studied in laboratories, and traces of nicotine have been detected.
The ministry of tourism could at least achieve that smoker zones are set up on the hotel beaches, but these are not directly on the beach, smoking corners are to be set up near the beach clubs.
Not only the smokers threaten from January fines, beach bar owners and hotel companies are also held accountable. They have the duty of supervision in their sections and must pay attention to the observance of the smoking ban. This also applies to restaurants on the beach and beach rentals. Penance can be up to 5 minimum wages. In case of recurrence, bars / restaurants / hotels, etc. may lead to temporary closures. These are valid for the first repetition for 1 week, then for one month and then for three months.
http://www.domreptotal.com/dominikanische-republik-rauchverbot-an-oeffentlichen-straenden/