UAE delays smoking ban

A national ban on smoking in the UAE has been delayed until health officials decide which government bodies will be responsible for its enforcement, the National has reported. The public will be fully informed once the details have been worked out, which could take weeks or months, officials said. 'The law will only become active from the time everything is clarified. It is a complicated law so there is a lot to work out and many different stakeholders to discuss it with,' Dr Wedad Al Maidoor, the head of the National Tobacco Control Committee, told the daily.