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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A smoking ban in enclosed public places is to come into force in England on 1 July next year.
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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 U.N. health agency on Tuesday 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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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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Cigar-producing Cuba says a ban on smoking in some public places will come into force in February.
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The World Health Organization called on Tuesday for a global ban on smoking at work and in enclosed public places.
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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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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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Smoking bans and fines come into effect in bars and restaurants in much of Germany and all of France.
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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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Smoking is to be banned in enclosed public places in Scotland, the Scottish Executive decides.
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France's smoking ban went into effect Tuesday with the start of the new year
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SOFIA, Jan 8: The Bulgarian government banned smoking in some public places as of January 1, but in a country where half of the population smokes both restaurant owners and smokers are resisting the government ...
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Scotland's government has agreed to ban smoking in enclosed public places under legislation to be presented before the end of the year.
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On Tuesday, Illinois banned smoking inside bars, restaurants, bowling alleys, pool halls, casinos and in nearly every other public place.
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The Ulster Cancer Foundation (UCF) has welcomed the Scottish Executiveâs decision to ban smoking in all enclosed public places in Scotland.