Italy's smokers on the streets as ban takes effect
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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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A movement to restrict smoking in apartments and condominiums is having some success.
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But the days of Spanish-style political horsetrading -- done in a tobacco-fueled haze -- ended Wednesday at Parliament as tough new anti-smoking regulations came into force.
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A ban on smoking in virtually all enclosed public places has come into force throughout England.
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The majority of people are in favour of the smoking ban due to start on July 1st, figures suggest.
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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.Comment
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Seniors are leading the way in the new battle to ban smoking from communal environments.
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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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As of today 14 million Italians will no longer be allowed to smoke in public places unless they have special ventilated smoking rooms.
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OME, JAN. 20, 2005 .- Italians fumed all week over the no-smoking ban which went into effect Jan.
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By Lyndsay Moss, PA Health Correspondent and Emily Pennink, PA. The Government will today announce a ban on smoking in all workplaces and anywhere serving food.
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The BBC's Tamsin Smith in Rome watches anti-smoking campaigners at work as the ban takes effect.
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Air pollution in Italy's cities has reached alarmingly high levels, with one study comparing the effects of a one-day stroll around Rome or Florence to smoking half a dozen cigarettes.
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Most smokers in England are respecting the ban on lighting up in enclosed public places, a survey suggests.
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Smoking has been banned in bars in the capitals of France and Germany. Send us your reaction.
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Italy's 2005 smoking ban has led to a sharp fall in heart attacks, researchers reported on Monday in a finding they said shows that such laws really do improve public health.
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Fresh from introducing what he described as the world's toughest smoking ban, Italy's health minister is turning his attention to obesity.