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UK: Dublin bus chiefs to smoke out illegal puffers

Reuters

Wednesday 20 Mar 2002

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DUBLIN (Reuters) - Dublin bus staff are going undercover in a bid to smoke
out passengers who light up illegally, the city's main bus operator says.

Illicit smoking of both cigarettes and cannabis on public transport is on
the increase in Ireland, where half the population is under 30 and years of
economic growth have fuelled a party culture.

Dublin Bus, which operates the capital's buses, said it had enlisted
"plainclothes" staff to combat the problem and catch passengers in the act
of lighting up.

"Unfortunately the situation has deteriorated over the past 12 to 18 months
with people smoking on buses," a spokesman for Dublin Bus told Reuters.

However, prosecuting people who smoke on public transport is difficult in
Ireland because a witness is needed to confirm that an offender has lit up,
something many passengers are reluctant to do.

 

 

 

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