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EU Top Official Supports Irish Smoke Ban [08/04-1]
Excerpts from: EU Commissioner Backs Irish Smoking Ban
Health
-Reuters [08/04/03]
Irish plans to stamp out smoking in public places were backed on Monday by the
European Union's top health official, who also accused the tobacco industry
of aiming products at youth.
The ban, proposed by Irish Health Minister Micheal Martin, would take effect
from early 2004 despite fears from the bar and restaurant industry that profits
will be hit.
"I don't meet the industry any more... It is a pointless exercise because
we have different aims in mind. I want to close them down, they want to make
profits," he added.
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