HEALTH-GERMANY:  Smoking Ban Getting Stubbed Out
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BERLIN, Feb 20 (IPS) - The future of a ban on smoking in public places in  Germany is in doubt following a court order limiting application  of any ban.
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A smoking ban in enclosed public places is to come into force in England on 1 July next year.
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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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OTTAWA -- Cigarettes will be designed to go out when left untended under regulations proposed by Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh. The so-called &quot;reduced ignition propensity&quot; cigarette has been promoted as a
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The remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan says it is banning all tobacco products from Wednesday.
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BERLIN/PARIS  - For years, anyone needing a nicotine fix in a German pub or French cafe didn't even have to light up -- the air was already so full of smoke that they only had to open their mouth and inhale.
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Pub owners are stunned to discover the province wants to ban smoking in all public places beginning in 2006. Mark Mishriky is fuming over a proposed law that would banish smokers from patios -- like the one
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THE Government&#39;s plans for a partial ban on smoking in public places seems to have fallen far short of what has been proposed by Liverpool City Council.
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Ministers are planning to introduce a complete ban on smoking in eating establishments in England. The White Paper on Public Health, being unveiled on Tuesday, will propose a ban in restaurants, offices and pubs that serve prepared food.
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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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Scotland became the latest country to take a stand against tobacco on Wednesday by announcing a ban on smoking in public buildings.
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Under a sweeping decree that took effect Wednesday, smoking has been banned in every commercial corner of âentertainment and conviviality.â
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Photographer Frank Blum puffed  contentedly on a hand-rolled cigarette in a cafe in central  Berlin, blatantly ignoring a ban that went into effect in most  of Germany this month.
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In a setback for public health groups, Congress moved closer to passing tobacco buyout legislation yesterday but removed a provision for federal regulation of tobacco products.
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German anti-smoking activists are trying to bring charges against 89-year-old former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and his wife for breaking a new smoking ban in Hamburg, the group said on Friday.
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Germany may outlaw smoking in cars because it is a health hazard and a safety risk, the government's commissioner for substance abuse Sabine Baetzing said.
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Health officials are considering new moves to crack down on smoking now that lighting up has been banned in bars. Increasing tobacco taxes tops the list as usual, but one new idea is to