Bhutan Bans Smoking in World First
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GUWAHATI, India  - The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan  banned smoking in public and tobacco sales on Friday, the first  country in the world to do so.
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Nov. 16, 2004 - Britain unveiled tough plans Tuesday to ban smoking in all workplaces and restaurants, as well as most pubs and bars, as part of a major push to improve the health of the nation.
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LONDON: Britain is to ban smoking in most public places, according to reports ahead of the launch of an ambitious goverment effort to legislate its way to better public health.
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Under the Smoke-Free Ontario Act, Myung Jin - who has been at this Greenwood Cigar and Variety for 20 years â-ust ban any displays that allow customers to touch tobacco products as well as remove any countertop displays for cigarettes starting May 31
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A Dutch smoking ban will come into force in July next year for all restaurants and cafes - including coffee shops where cannabis is the top attraction, the government decided on Friday.
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The government says a ban on smoking in public places will be in force in Scotland by spring 2006.
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The smoking ban in public places in Scotland has led to a significant advance in public health, a study suggests.
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A government proposal to forbid smoking in all enclosed public spaces in England, including pubs, cafes, restaurants, factories, and offices, was released Tuesday.
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The health secretary hails England's smoking ban as a major step forward for public health.
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Legislators in San Francisco city voted to ban smoking in public parks on Tuesday, becoming the first major American city to embrace such an expansive ban on tobacco use.
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Liverpool's city council on Wednesday approved a ban on smoking in all indoor workplaces, including bars and restaurants, taking the initial step toward becoming the first British city with such a rule.
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Millions of Chileans will now be forced to take their cigarette breaks outside because of a tough nationwide anti-smoking law that took effect Monday.
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Legislators in San Francisco city  voted to ban smoking in public parks on Tuesday, becoming the  first major American city to embrace such an expansive ban on  tobacco use.
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France's most drastic measure to curb smoking went into effect Wednesday with a full ban on lighting up in cafes, restaurants and discotheques, a sea change for a country where the cigarette came to symbolize the French way of life.
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PARIS, Jan. 2 -- In bars and cafes across Paris, in restaurants and casinos throughout France, the once-revered cigarette now is officially banned, relegating one of the Western world's last public smoking holdouts to the ashtray of history.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) expects the world's first treaty on tobacco control will take effect by early 2005, the international body said on Wednesday.
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The government is today set to announce a ban on smoking in many workplaces and anywhere serving food, to come into effect within the next two years.