Recommended Posts Beach smoking D-day: Ban will be extended in Pattaya but no one mentions jail terms Picture: Sophon Cable A huge meeting of state employees attended by 878 delegates from 11 provinces was held yesterday at the Ambassador City Hotel in Jomtien, Pattaya, to hear environmental authorities give the reasoning behind the beach smoking ban. Following the meeting it was announced that the ban will be extended to other beaches in Pattaya after the trial at Dong Tan. But so far it is unsure where smokers will be forbidden from lighting up. The D-Day for the ban at 24 of Thailand's beaches finally arrived yesterday. To mark the occasion the gathering at the Ambassador was addressed by... [Read more]