AUSTERITY AND RISING PRICES CHOKE GREEK SMOKERS
May 1st, 2010
BY MAKKI MARSEILLES
THE GREEKS - the heaviest smokers in the European Union (EU) and by some counts the world - may start to reduce tobacco consumption significantly, with taxation rising steeply as a result of the country's ongoing financial crisis. The government is also tightening the screw on public place smoking restrictions: the health minister Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou announced on May 31 her officials were drafting a total ban on smoking in all public and work places from September 1, after partial bans introduced last year were ...
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