Nepal, July 29 -- Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has again announced a ban on the consumption of tobacco products in public places. Just like the previous editions of the ban, the new version is pegged on the Tobacco Products (Control and Regulatory) Act 2011, whereby smoking or chewing tobacco in public spaces is banned and local authorities have the right to slap a fine between Rs 100 and Rs 100,000 on the offenders. Almost three years after Mayor Balendra Shah's first dig at restricting the use of the carcinogenic products, citing detrimental effects on public health and rising air pollution, executive and municipal assembly meetings of the metropolis have decided to enforce a smoking ban in public places and impose a fine of Rs 500...