Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan (AntaranewsKalsel) - Residents of neighborhood unit (RT) 21, Pekapuran Raya Village, East Banjarmasin, agreed to create a smoke-free home with one of them negates ashtrays from their house.
Gang Sari Wangi citizen commitment was poured in signatory in a medium-sized billboard witnessed by Mayor H Muhidin and Head of Health Agency Diah R Praswati at the smoke-free home launching ceremony in front of a low cost apartment (Rusunawa) in Pekapuran Raya, Friday.
There are five commitment they stated, namely not to smoke in the house, does not provide ashtrays in the house, do not allow smoking in public meetings, does not provide ashtrays in public meetings, and sticking smoke-free homes stickers in every house.
To keep this commitment, they recruited two people to become smoke-free task force in the environment. They both wear orange color clothes.
Chief of RT 21 Pekapuran Raya Suriansyah stated, this is the commitment of its citizens to keep the family from the dangers of cigarette harmful to health, one way is not to smoke in the house.
Mayor Banjarmasin welcomes and strongly supports its citizens who committed home free of cigarette smoke, even he expected all RT in the city to do the same.
City government has local rule of Perda No. 7 year 2013 on free cigarettes zone which begun to be applied in the city government offices, and it will later be tighten with mayor regulations (Perwali).
Five RT have the stated the same commitment, he said, namely RT 18 North Kuin, RT 25 North Alalak, RT 19 Sungai Lulut, RT 4 Tanjung Pagar, and RT 48 Teluk Dalam.
