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• Smoking curb at bar counters 

New restrictions that prohibit smoking within a metre from bar counters are being taken up by WA pubs and clubs after an industry agreement took effect at the weekend.

The Queens Tavern in Highgate was one of the first to declare almost its entire indoor area smoke-free and will eventually restrict smoking in all areas except a part of the beer garden.

Under the code, agreed to by the Australian Hotels Association of WA, the State Government and individual hotels, smoking bans will be introduced gradually and voluntarily by pubs.

By November, smoking will be allowed in only one room of hotels and by July 2006 there will be no smoking in enclosed indoor areas in hotels.

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