French smoking ban in full force
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France's most drastic measure to curb smoking went into effect Wednesday with a full ban on lighting up in cafes, restaurants and discotheques, a sea change for a country where the cigarette came to symbolize the French way of life.
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A smoking ban in enclosed public places is to come into force in England on 1 July next year.
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New guidelines on fostering to be published on day smoking ban comes into force.
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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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Under some of the toughest anti-smoking legislation ever introduced in North America, the Ontario government yesterday took an encouraging - and courageous â-tep toward making it illegal to smoke indoors in any public place in the province.
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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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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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Pub owners are stunned to discover the province wants to ban smoking in all public places beginning in 2006. Mark Mishriky is fuming over a proposed law that would banish smokers from patios -- like the one
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Smoking is to be banned in enclosed public places in Scotland, the Scottish Executive decides.
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Britain is to ban smoking in most public places, according to reports ahead of the launch of an ambitious goverment effort to legislate its way to better public health.
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France's bold effort to rein in Muslim fundamentalism was put to the test Thursday, with a new law that bans students from wearing Islamic head scarves taking force with the start of the school year.
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A Dutch smoking ban will come into force in July next year for all restaurants and cafes - including coffee shops where cannabis is the top attraction, the government decided on Friday.
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The Government is unlikely to emulate Ireland in introducing an outright ban on smoking in public places. In March this year. Ireland became the first European country to ban smoking in workplaces, including pubs and restaurants.
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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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Thousands of staff are being trained to police the smoking ban in bars, restaurants and shops in England.
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ROME -- Smokers in Italy took their last puffs in bars and trattorias yesterday, hours before the start of one of Europe's toughest laws against smoking in public places.
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The Spanish Parliament bans smoking in its corridors ahead of government plans for a smoking ban in all working places.