TOBACCO TRAVELLER – COLLECTION 2009 – GREECE
November 1st, 2009
BY MAKKI MARSEILLES
TOBACCO manufacturing in Greece is alive and well and the industry is looking forward to a very fine future. A ban on smoking in public places introduced this April 1 has had very little effect so far and a reported 6% drop in sales alleged by some retailers has not been substantiated, stressed the Association of Greek Tobacco Industries.
However, if the new left-wing PASOK government health minister Marilena Xenogiannakopoulou (NOTE - SPELLING IS CORRECT), introduces planned tougher public place smoking rules, such as removing exceptions for ...
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