Myanmar extends smoking ban to 10 more sites in archaeological zone

STORY: Myanmar extends smoking ban to 10 more sites in archaeological zone DATELINE: June 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:36 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of views in Bagan STORYLINE: Myanmar has extended the smoking ban to 10 more areas in the Bagan-NyaungU Ancient Cultural Zone in NyaungU Township, Mandalay Region, the state-run newspaper the Global New Light of Myanmar reported on Friday. The media report said that the chairman and members of the NyaungU Township administration body inspected the tobacco smoke-free signboards, smoking areas, and non-smoking areas in NyaungU Township on May 29. The number of tobacco smoke-free areas in the Bagan-NyaungU Ancient Cultural Zone has now increased to 102 after the designation of 10 more sites as smoke-free areas, the report said. Myanmar initiated the designation of smoke-free areas in the Bagan-NyaungU archaeological zone in June 2019. The Bagan-NyaungU Ancient Cultural Zone, where over 3,000 ancient pagodas and religious edifice