Italians fume over cigarette curb
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Smokers and businesses in Italy threaten to defy a ban on smoking in public places  coming into effect on Monday.
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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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Illegal immigrants in Italy earning a few  coins by washing windscreens at traffic lights could face up to  three months in jail after Florence launched a crackdown and  other cities said they might follow suit.
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Italians, banned from smoking in indoor public places, were forced to take their habit outdoors Monday and one persistent puffer became the first to pay for breaking the law after it took effect at midnight.
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Fumatori, aumento di nicotina causato dalla troppa pressione
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THE Tobacco Manufacturers&#39; Association yesterday condemned Liverpool&#39;s vote to make the city smoke-free as premature and divisive.
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Angry forest service workers blocked highways, halted trains and forced an airport to shut down on Thursday, effectively cutting off the southern toe of Italy in a protest against spending cuts that could cost hundreds of jobs. The demonstrations across Calabria, the region that makes up the tip of the Italian boot, are the latest by state sector workers upset by the belt-tightening 2005 budget and follows a general strike last week.
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A cigarette with that Chianti? No more &#151; at least not in most of Italy's restaurants and bars, starting next month.
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Italians have tightened their purse strings since the euro arrived, instead of enjoying the good life.
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FLORENCE, Sep 5 (IPS) - In several towns across Italy, forced windscreen  wiping is becoming a criminal offence.
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An Italian comedian&#39;s campaign using a rude word to tell off politicians has won the support of more than 300,000 Italians who signed petitions to sweep away a generation of lawmakers they say are corrupt and ineffective.
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An Italian town&#39;s mayor hopes to shame men into not using prostitutes by photographing cars that pick them up and publishing the details in local newspapers.
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Tobacco giant Philip Morris/Altria put on its political party clothes recently, but it may soon be dressing for a wake. Under fire from the Department of Justice and facing
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Smokers in Italy are lighting up in the streets as a new anti-smoking law comes into effect but some remain defiant, with the first diehard puffer fined for flouting the ban just minutes after midnight.
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Online sales of untaxed cigarettes are provoking a stampede of protests from a disparate collection of antitobacco groups, cash-strapped state governments and local retailers.
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An Italian town&#39;s mayor hopes to shame men  into not using prostitutes by photographing cars that pick them  up and publishing the details in local newspapers.
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Alla Camera via i posacenere, ma presto 35 'aree smoking'