Andi Pangeran

Singapura mungkin adalah neraka bagi seluruh perokok dunia (bagi mereka yang berkunjung ke Negara ini), kecuali tentunya buat yang punya kocek lebih hingga 1000 SGD tiap kali ingin mencoba-coba apa yang akan terjadi ketika mereka merokok sembarangan ditempat umum. Bagaimana tidak, hari ini aja sulit sekali bagi gue menemukan tempat yang benar-benar nyaman untuk bisa menikmati sebatang tembakau inspirasi yang kadang bisa membantu gue menemukan secercah ide untuk menghidupi cucu-cucu gue kedepannya. Yah, beberapa hal yang bisa gue lakukan saat ini adalah memastikan tempat itu benar-benar bisa digunakan untuk merokok (smoking area) yang mana sangat sedikit sekali jumlahnya di sini atau menunggu waktu pulang ke hotel dan bersegera ke smoking corner atau toilet kamar gue. Atau menjalankan pilihan ampuh yang juga disediakan oleh Pemerintah Singapura yaitu BERHENTI TOTAL.

Tapi sebenarnya gue masih menemukan satu atau dua perokok nekat yang merokok dipinggir jalan dan public place non-AC yang jelas-jelas disitu tertempel gambar larangan merokok. Dalam benak gue, “Oh, mungkin dia orang kaya banget kali yah, jadi kalo pas ketangkep dia bisa langsung bayar dendanya”

Dan gue pun penasaran, kira-kira dimana aja sih tempat-tempat yang boleh merokok di singapura ini??

Setelah melalui proses pencarian dunia maya, sedikit sekali atau hampir tidak ada yang membahas dan memberikan list detail tentang smoking area di Singapore, yang ada kondisi sebaliknya, penjelasan tentang larangan, jumlah denda yang dikenakan, dan tempat-tempat yang prohibited bagi mereka para pencinta tembakau.

Ok, siapa tau bermanfaat buat mereka yang nantinya bakal berkunjung juga kesini, berikut list of forbidden places in Singapore yang gue dapet dari angryangmo:

• Any amusement centre
• Any food shop, except that the Director-General may designate for smoking, such part of the outdoor refreshment area of the food shop not exceeding 20% of the total floor area of that outdoor refreshment area
• Any air-conditioned hall, ballroom or function room (including any such premises located in a hotel) during such time when it is used for holding a meeting, conference, seminar, course or an exhibition or for the purpose of serving meals
• Any cinema or theater
• Any enclosed premises of a bank to which members of the public have access for the purpose of carrying out banking transactions
• Any clinical laboratory, health care establishment, hospital, maternity home, medical clinic or nursing home
• Any indoor ice-skating rink, roller-skating rink or roller-discotheque
• Any indoor sports arena, bowling alley, billiard saloon, gymnasium or aerobic or fitness center
• Any lift
• Any public library or any library in any institution of higher learning
• Any public museum or public art gallery
• Any air-conditioned office premises
• Any air-conditioned factory
• Any enclosed or air-conditioned corridor, lobby, stairwell or other common area of public
• Any building which wholly or principally consists of office premises
• Any enclosed or air-conditioned common area of any private residential premises or building
• The Supreme Court, the Subordinate Courts and Small Claims Tribunals
• Any air-conditioned area in the terminal buildings of Singapore Changi Airport
• Any air-conditioned shopping mall or complex, including any shop, atrium, corridor, lobby, stairwell or other area within the shopping mall or complex, but excluding any place or premises used as a discotheque, pub, bar, lounge or night club
• Any underground pedestrian walkway
• Any area occupied by a queue of 2 or more persons in a public place
• Any air-conditioned shop
• Any air-conditioned restaurant, bowling alley, billiard saloon, arcade games room (including jackpot machine room), gymnasium, fitness center, library, reading room, theater or cinema in any private club
• Any school, junior college, polytechnic or any training institute established under the Institute of Technical Education Act (Cap. 141A), including any area within its compound
• Any enclosed or air-conditioned part of any building, hall of residence, canteen, lecture theatre, sports and recreation centre or stairwell in any university
• Any public swimming pool, including any changing or shower room, or any area in the vicinity of such swimming pool which is likely to be frequented by any user of the swimming pool
• Any washroom (including any mobile toilet), whether managed privately or otherwise, to which members of the public or a section of the public have or ordinarily would have access whether on payment of a fee or otherwise
• Any sports stadium, including any facility, shop or common area within its compound
• Any community building, community center or community club belonging to or managed or maintained by the People’s Association, including any facility, shop or common area within its compound
• Any bus interchange, bus terminus (except a bus terminus which is situated along the side of a road and does not provide for boarding of or alighting by passengers) or bus shelter, including any facility, shop or common area within its compound
• Any hawker center, except that the Director-General may designate for smoking
• Any discotheque, pub, bar, lounge or night club in any premises or building (including any private club), except that the Director-General may, subject to such conditions as he may specify, designate for smoking
• Any omnibus
• Any private bus
• Any private hire bus
• Any school bus
• Any taxi

Akankah Indonesia menjadi neraka yang sama dalam waktu dekat??

Well, hal ini akan sangat bergantung pada kekonsistenan pemerintah Indonesia dan tingkat kedisiplinan warga negara kita, yang kalo di Singapura sini dua hal itu memang sangat kental terasa sudah dimiliki oleh komponen bangsanya :)

Tapi, jika memang suatu saat nanti ada peraturan ketat yang sama tentang larangan merokok di Indonesia, gue akan jadi orang pertama yang mendeklarasi diri untuk berhenti merokok… eh, ngga deh, ngga usah nunggu saat itu tiba, gue harus segera berhenti sepertinya :D