Plea for smoking-free markets
Eight of every 10 shoppers and vendors at Chatuchak weekend market want it to be smoking-free, according to Action on Smoking and Health.
ASH secretary-general Dr Prakit Vateesatokkij told yesterday's campaign for a smoking-free market that a survey of shoppers and sellers at Chatuchak had showed 83 per cent wanted it a no-smoking zone. Seventy-nine per cent are happy to see smoking banned at all Bangkok Metropolitan Administration markets. However, the main reason people want smoking banned is not for better health but fear of fire. Prakit did not say how many shoppers and vendors had responded to the survey conducted by ASH and the Abac Poll Research Centre. Bangkok Deputy Governor Wallop Suwandee said it was good that people wanted Chatuchak and other markets declared no-smoking areas. But to do so would require a change in the law, he added.
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