BHUTAN TOBACCO BAN FEATURE
April 1st, 2005
BY KENCHO WANGDI"NO smoking on the dance floor guys, please," the DJ screams into the microphone of a nightclub in Thimphu, the capital of the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan.But the younger members the country's English speaking elite continue to writhe on the dance floor, fingers gripping half-smoked cigarettes, clouds of smoke wafting through the neon light, even though since March 1 public smoking has been illegal.A young man turns towards the DJ and, with dramatic effect, breathes out thick rings of smoke into the air. He turns around to the approving grins of ...
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