UN seeks world ban on indoor smoking
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The United Nations health agency yesterday issued its strongest policy recommendations yet for controlling tobacco use, urging all countries to ban smoking at indoor workplaces and in public buildings.
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Smoking in pubs, restaurants and the office is expected to be banned later thanks to new Government plans to improve the nation&#39;s health.
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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
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Smoking is to be banned in enclosed public places in Scotland, the Scottish Executive decides.
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DUESSELDORF, Germany -- At the international airport in this western German city, smokers are shunned. If you want to light up, you're restricted to a handful of bars in the terminal, or else stuck puffing on the dingy street outside.
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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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Australia will ban smoking in all hotels  and bars, except those in the outback Northern Territory, in a  move to stop the death of hundreds of bartenders each year from  breathing second-hand smoke.
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The British government said Tuesday it would seek a ban on smoking in most public places, including restaurants and any pub or bar that serves food.
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Unions call on employers to ban smoking at work to help prevent up to 700 deaths a year from passive smoking.
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WINNIPEG (CP) - Smokers in Winnipeg in search of an apartment will soon have fewer buildings to choose from.  Globe General Agencies, which manages about 5,000 units across the city, will ban smoking for all new tenants moving in as of Oct. 1.
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TORONTO - The Ontario government unveiled plans Wednesday to ban smoking in all workplaces and most other enclosed public places within 18 months.
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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.
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The European Unionâs future Health Chief Markos Kyprianou has vowed to fight smoking, insisting that cigarettes are one of the greatest evils the European Union should strive to put a stop to.
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One billion people may die of tobacco-related illness this century, almost all of them in developing countries, the World Health Organization warned yesterday as it rolled out an unprecedented global campaign to limit the spread of smoking.
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An international treaty aimed at curbing tobacco sales and advertising is set to come into force.
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FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick Health Department is trying to clear the air about the province&#39;s new smoking ban as the countdown begins to for public places to go smoke free.
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Four out of five people want the legal age of smoking raised from 16 to 18, to deter youngsters from taking up the habit, a new report has found.