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Smoking ban leaves some Gaza cab drivers fuming

The Gaza government has begun enforcing a ban on smoking in public transportation vehicles at the beginning of the year, to mixed reactions among drivers and passengers.
Palestinian drivers wait in line to refuel their cars at a gas station in Gaza City, on September 08, 2013.   Gaza energy authority warned that the enclave's sole power plant is in danger of shutting down within days because of a fuel shortage, which is smuggled through tunnels between Gaza and Egypt, indirectly caused by tensions between Hamas and Egypt that have developed between the two sides followed the ouster of Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi.  AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS        (Photo credit should rea
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Gaza government has decided to start enforcing a smoking ban in public transportation vehicles and impose fines of about $26 for drivers who smoke or allow passengers to smoke in their vehicles. Violators began to receive citations on Jan. 1.

Palestinian law bans both drivers and passengers from smoking inside the public transportation vehicles.

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