EUROBAROMETER BAR SMOKING BAN PUBLIC OPINION POLL
June 1st, 2006
STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL
OPPOSITION is being voiced within the European Union (EU) to the growing trend of banning smoking in bars and pubs, says an opinion poll by EU pollsters Eurobarometer. While across the EU, 61% of citizens polled support these bans, there were majorities against them in significant countries. These included Germany -54%, Austria - 58%, and the Czech Republic - 65%. That said, more than 80% of Irish citizens (whose government helped pioneer such bans), Italians and Swedes backed bar and pub smoking bans. Also, the concept of banning ...
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