EU-wide smoking ban urged
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The EU health commissioner calls for member states to copy Ireland and ban smoking in indoor public spaces.
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Scotland will ban smoking in enclosed public places, First Minister Jack McConnell said, confirming an expected move to follow Ireland in enacting a sweeping ban.
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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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The health secretary is today expected to detail new restrictions on smokers in a move which could see smoking banned in the vast majority of pubs and all restaurants in England and Wales.
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A government minister has told the BBC that some form of ban on smoking could be introduced in England and Wales. Tell us what you think.
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Ministers are planning to ban smoking in virtually every restaurant, cafe and pub in England, BBC News learns.
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French lawmakers are trying to make France's smoky cafes a thing of the past. A parliamentary panel called Tuesday for a government ban on smoking in enclosed public areas within a year &#151; and floated the idea of "hermetically sealed" smoking rooms for those who want to light up.
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The British government plans to impose a sweeping public smoking ban across England and Wales and will consider curbs on television advertising of "junk food" aimed at children.
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LONDON: 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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Doctors in Wales call on the assembly government to include hospital grounds in the scope of next year's smoking ban.
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Scotland should press ahead with plans to ban smoking in public places, a conference in Edinburgh is to hear. Delegates from the European Medical Associations (EMA) will discuss tobacco control and the merits of public bans during the three-day event.
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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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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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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 Smoking Prevention Working Group calls for the legal age for smoking to be raised to 18.
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BERLIN, Feb 8 (IPS) - It is not a very good time to be a smoker in  Europe. Governments have raised prices and banned cigarettes in  public places, including restaurants and bars, and social  pressure is mounting due to the individual and collective health  risks.
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Welsh doctors are being urged to write to their MPs and ask them to support a ban on smoking in public places by the British Medical Assocation (BMA). The Welsh Assembly Government has already voted for a ban ...