Turkey's diehard smokers vow to defy ban
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Turkish smokers are vowing to defy a ban in bars and restaurants that will take effect next year, while anti-smoking campaigners accuse global cigarette companies of targeting the country as a key market.
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Turkey's parliament approved on Thursday a sweeping ban on smoking in bars and restaurants, but commentators say enforcing the new law could prove difficult in a nation long addicted to nicotine.
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Ministers are told Scotland's publicans will fight "tooth and nail" to stop plans for an outright ban on smoking.
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A smoking ban in pubs will not hurt cigarette sales nor reduce the number of people who smoke, according to the UK's biggest tobacco company.
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Smokers and restaurant owners in Italy were fuming in a rather different way on Monday after a tough new law that bans smoking in public places - one of the strictest in Europe - went into effect.
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Astana. November 10. KAZINFORM. Medical chiefs have urged Scottish ministers to take the lead in the UK and ban smoking in public places.
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Smokers who use pills to try to kick the habit should keep trying, even if the drugs do not work at first, a U.S. researcher advised on Saturday.
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Opponents of New York Mayor Michael  Bloomberg's smoking ban have donated thousands of dollars to  the leading Democrat expected to challenge his re-election bid  this year.
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Italy's cafe and restaurant owners said on  Wednesday they would defy a smoking ban that comes into force  in the new year requiring them to call the police if their  customers continue to smoke.
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WINNIPEG (CP) - Manitoba&#39;s smoking rebels remained defiant Wednesday after the province laid more charges under its tough new anti-smoking law.
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Thousands of Irish smokers have successfully quit the habit since the smoking ban in pubs was introduced, according to a survey today.
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ANKARA, Turkey -- Thousands of cheering supporters showered Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan with ticker tape yesterday as he returned to Ankara from a European summit, vowing to press forward with reforms and the country's bid to join the bloc.
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The world's biggest tobacco consumer, China, says it will not allow any new cigarette factories to be built.
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Thursday the 18th of November will be the 28th Great American Smokeout, a time when Americans are encouraged to quit smoking, if only for one day!
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ANKARA, Turkey  - Turkey's Islamic-rooted ruling party will press ahead with plan to criminalize adultery despite earlier statements that the controversial measure had been shelved, a party member said Thursday.
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The American Cancer Society&#39;s Great American Smokeout took place yesterday, the third Thursday of November, challenging smokers to smoke less or quit smoking for that day.
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On one hand there is the European Union, demanding Turkey reform its criminal code. On the other, a powerful group of conservative Muslims who insist such changes should include criminalizing adultery.