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  • You may not smoke within 100 feet of the entrance to a public building.
  • Women may go topless in public, providing it is not being used as a business.
  • It is illegal to have permit dancing in an establishment that sells food without a cabaret license. Link
  • It is illegal for a woman to be on the street wearing "body hugging clothing."
  • Citizens may not greet each other by "putting one's thumb to the nose and wiggling the fingers".

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