AN ill-mannered smoker was kicked out of a public bus this week after fellow passengers bitterly complained to the driver and his conductor.
The Solomon Star was told the male passenger was smoking his cigarette when he entered the bus heading from the eastern side into the city.
Passengers in the bus voiced their dissatisfaction to the smoker and politely told him to extinguish his cigarette.
The smoker refused to take heed and an argument ensued.
The driver stopped the bus and ordered the smoker out to wait for another bus.
The driver told the passenger that he too is a smoker, but he cannot smoke in the presence of non-smokers.
The 2010 Tobacco Control Act prohibits smoking in public premises.
By BIRIAU WILSON SAENI
