Britain Proposes Tough Smoking Ban
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Britain&#39;s government on Tuesday proposed banning smoking in most public places, setting off debate over what one smoker decried as the brainchild of a busybody &quot;nanny state.
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LONDON, England -- England could become the latest country to ban smoking in public places, including restaurants and most pubs and bars, under a government proposal.
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The British government is to announce plans to ban smoking in nearly all pubs, cafes and restaurants in England when it unveils a long-awaited policy paper on public health on Tuesday, the BBC reported.
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Portugal's health minister proposed on  Wednesday a ban on smoking in public places, including  restaurants and bars, joining other European countries trying  to introduce similar bans.
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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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A parliamentary panel in cigarette-friendly France called Tuesday for the government to ban smoking in public places like cafes and restaurants in less than a year &#151; and floated the prospect of special "smoking rooms."
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A legal challenge to the government's smoking ban in England will be launched at the High Court.
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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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A ban on smoking in movie theaters, shopping malls, pubs and other public places in England will take effect July 1, the government said Friday.
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The British Medical Association is calling on the government to ban smoking in NI's public places.
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Four hundred years after King James I denounced tobacco as &quot;loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs,&quot; the British government announced plans Tuesday to ban smoking in most public places
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Scotland's pubs and clubs are to take legal advice to see if they can challenge plans to ban smoking in public places.
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Freedom for the National Assembly to have its own say on the scale and speed of a smoking ban. In England a ban on smoking in all Government workplaces and NHS buildings will be in place by 2006.
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The British Medical Association called on Scottish ministers to show &quot;political courage&quot; and ban smoking in public places.
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Smoking will be banned on boats and ships in British waters, the government has said in new proposals.
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The British Medical Council in Wales asks GPs to lobby for a ban on smoking by writing to their MPs.
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LONDON -- Four hundred years after King James I denounced tobacco as &quot;loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs,&quot; the British government is taking heed. It announced plans yesterday to ban smoking in most public places, including restaurants and any pub that serves food.