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Croatia gives up on smoking ban

fags-650.jpg Croatia has abandoned a ban on smoking in cafés ... themselves whether to allow smoking or not. When the ban was introduced in May, it met with widespread ... ”. The smoking ban continues to apply to schools and hospitals ...

Turkey bans smoking

Cigarettes.jpg A smoking ban has gone into effect in Turkey. People ... the government's anti-smoking policy.   Photo of ashtray by Saudi... (flickr) (turkey bans smoking) (Europe, Smoking ban, Turkey, Turkish smoking ban) ...

Smoking referendum in Bavaria

no effect on the nationwide ban on smoking in restaurants. The Bavarian government also said that smoking ... .   (Bavaria, Europe, European Union, Germany, Oktoberfest, referendum, Smoking ban) ... a referendum on smoking in cafés and beer halls. More than 9 million voters in the southern German state ...

Spain smoking ban counterproductive

1818259541_393c2a682b_b.jpg The smoking ban introduced in Spain four years ... .5 percent now smoke sometimes or regularly, a 6.7 percent increase compared with January 2006, when the ban ... spaces. Next year the Spanish government plans to extend the smoking ban to all bars and restaurants ...

Greece bans smoking in public

creating a separate smoking area or banning smoking entirely. People breaking the law can be fined up ... smoked my last by onkel_wart 3074163235_7ea06b9702_m.jpg A new anti-smoking law went into force in Greece today. Smoking is now prohibited in hospitals, airports and schools ...

Smoking ban still flouted in small pubs

130509 victoria rookverbod roken breda ANP-9518661.jpg A smoking ban ... pubs were found to be flouting the ban. In 69 percent of pubs, restaurants and hotels, guests smoke ... that pubs with good ventilation systems could allow smoking on the premises. A smoking ban in pubs ...

Tobacco firms fund campaign against smoking ban

150509 Rookverbod ANP-9518661.jpg Bar owners fighting the smoking ban ... the smoking ban, has admitted to receiving "about 50,000 euros per year" from the tobacco ... tobacco trade association SSI, he said.   Smoking was banned in cafes, bars, hotels and restaurants ...

Togo to ban smoking in public

0b_b.jpg Togo is considering a bill to ban smoking in public ... alarming proportions and it is about time it saves its citizens. Smoking prevalence in the tiny country ... the state has banned tobacco advertising in public and private media, the advertising still exists in many ...

Minister to repair flaws in smoking ban

a gesture towards small cafes and bars, many of which have been badly hit by the smoking ban ... ! Actually, I tend to think Actually, I tend to think that smoking should simply be banned. This should ... . (Ab Klink, Smoking ban, ventilation systems, VWA) ...

Court crushes smoking ban in staffless pubs

of a pub in Groningen which broke the universal smoking ban. The owners of De Kachel (The Stove ... month.   The court says it quashed the verdict because the smoking ban is not well described ... smoke. This means that the smoking ban does not apply to staffless pubs run by their owner, according ...

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