BYRNE BACKTRACK
May 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALL
ANTI-TOBACCO European Union health Commissioner David Byrne has retreated from previous calls for pan-EU public smoking bans, saying "to introduce it from Brussels might smack of 'Big Brother'." Instead, said Byrne, while praising his native Ireland's pub smoking ban, "it would be better if it happened from the bottom up," he said, respecting Europe's "cultural differences."
ANTI-TOBACCO European Union health Commissioner David Byrne has retreated from previous calls for pan-EU public smoking bans, saying "to introduce it from Brussels might smack of 'Big Brother'." Instead, said Byrne, while praising his native Ireland's pub smoking ban, "it would be better if it happened from the bottom up," he said, respecting Europe's "cultural differences."
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