http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/photo.cms?msid=692880Russian schools are planning to set up 'smoking centres' where children can smoke without being punished to help prevent fires. The controversial idea was proposed by firemen in Moscow and will be tried out in a pilot project.
A spate of school fires has been blamed on cigarettes discarded by kids smoking secretly, reports the Echo Moscow radio station. Firemen want the smoking zones to be set up in Russian primary and secondary schools.
Says a fire brigade spokesperson: "As soon as they see a teacher, kids throw cigarettes without extinguishing them." But a headteacher at a Moscow school says: "It's not new that kids smoke, but we want to fight it, not legalise it."
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