SEA Games XXVI Smoke Free

To create a clean and healthy air and smoke-free events during the SEA Games XXVI, the city administration determined that 24 venues as no smoking areas. This policy is also to uphold the Governor Regulation Number 88 Year 2010.

"We implemented the health smoke-free environment at the SEA Games. Previously been held at the SEA Games in the Philippines and Vietnam," said Head of Law Enforcement Agency for Environmental Management (BPLH) of Jakarta, Ridwan Panjaitan, at City Hall on Thursday (13/10/2011).

It to this day continues to coordinate with Inasoc to implement the no smoking area. In addition to venues, hotels and restaurants are also designated as no smoking areas. "Everything in the game and the hotel area there should be no smoking. Whether it's athletes, spectators, officials, volunteers, even the hotel staff," he explained.

He also emphasized, there are some obligations that must be met by the managers of buildings, especially those involved in the implementation of the SEA Games, among others, the managers are obliged to put up a sign "No Smoking Zone" and conducting surveillance. "If there is a violation, we will be admonished to be stubbed out his cigarette or out of the building," he said.

Apparatus that will be tasked to enforce this rule will be taken from 30 non-governmental organizations and from several universities. However, for the exact number, Ridwan not known with certainty.

In addition, there should be no tobacco product advertising in the vicinity of the implementation of the SEA Games. "If it gets there, the important thing is to remind us. If possible, the sponsor of tobacco products also do not there was," he said.