A total of 7,729 persons were found smoking in public areas where smoking was prohibited since the ban was introduced in mid-September 2004, Home Affairs Minister Carm Mifsud Bonnici said in reply to a parliamentary question.

He said the police made regular inspections to curb the abuse.

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