GREEK SMOKING BAN PROMPTS SMOKERS AND TAVERN OWNERS TO CLAIM HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
December 1st, 2010
BY MAKKI MARSEILLES
Greek smoking ban prompts smokers and tavern owners to claim human rights violations
Already reeling from financial crisis, the September smoking ban in Greece has created financial losses to bar and pub owners. They claim the laws are not clear and create confusion. Tavern owners claim violations of their professional and personal freedoms.
THE GREEK government speaks with a forked tongue regarding it public place smoking bans, claim its critics: on the one hand it legislates restrictions but on the other it turns a blind eye to ...
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