Vienna's Famed Opera Ball Bans Smoking
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Checklist for having a ball at the ball: Tuxedo with tails or shimmery designer gown? Check. Rented limousine? Check. Pedicure, manicure and movie-star hairdo? Check.
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German chancellor warns against self-censorship after opera house strikes performance
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What's that nice smell? For drinkers and diners in France on Wednesday, the answer was fresh air. France reinvented itself with a new ban on smoking in cafes, restaurants and night spots, the most drastic measure yet to curb the habit in a country where cigarettes were long a potent lifestyle symbol.
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Following in the footsteps of municipalities like New York, Los Angeles and Ireland, Italians have now decided to make their bars, clubs and many other public spaces smoke-free. Even though smoking is tightly ...
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French are divided over the nationwide ban on smoking in public places that goes into effect on Thursday
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TORONTO - Ontario&#39;s tough new anti-smoking legislation will ban tobacco from all private clubs, including Royal Canadian Legion halls, the province&#39;s health minister said Tuesday.
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Beijing is to ban smoking in 70 percent of the city's hotel rooms as it strives to clean up its air before this August's Olympic Games.
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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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Never mind that Austria's lenient new anti-smoking law actually exempts bars and restaurants, the country's smokers and tobacconists have still declared all-out war against the measure, which went into effect ...
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The country known for it high-quality cigars banned smoking of all kinds in public places Monday, as the Cuban government acknowledged the health risk of tobacco.
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US strip star Dita von Teese, ex-wife of shock-rocker Marilyn Manson, is to be the guest of Austrian socialite Richard Lugner at this year's Opera Ball, the highlight of Austria's social calendar, Lugner announced on Wednesday.
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France is extending a smoking ban to bars, cafes and restaurants - but after New Year parties.
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Bar and restaurant owners are refusing to police a smoking ban when it takes effect on Monday in Italy, a country where breaking the rules is often considered a right.
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The lower house of the Russian parliament backs legislation to ban smoking in public places.
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VIENNA (Reuters Life!) - Soccer legends kicked up their heels at Vienna's Opera Ball into the wee hours on Friday in a high-society foretaste of this summer's Euro 2008 to be co-hosted by Austria.
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A ban on smoking at work, in restaurants and cafes will be announced by the Government today. But smoking will still be allowed in public houses that do not serve food.
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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.