DATA ON PUBLIC PLACE SMOKING BAN HEALTH IMPROVEMENTS REMAINS INCONCLUSIVE
December 1st, 2007
BY ANDREW CAVE
FOLLOWING the introduction on July 1 of public place smoking bans in England 240 million people worldwide were covered by public smoking restrictions, according to the International Union Against Cancer (UICC). (NOTE - THIS IS A FRENCH ACRONYM)
The movement towards such restrictions is becoming ubiquitous in the European Union (EU), with Estonia, Finland, Scotland and Ireland already have full public-place bans, while Italy, Sweden and Malta have partial bans, allowing smoking only in closed-off, separately-ventilated areas.
France has banned ...
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