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• Tough anti-smoking bill tabled in House 

Smokers may soon be banned from lighting up in any enclosed public space in Bermuda, be that a bar, restaurant, hotel, workplace, or even a company car.

A proposed blanket ban has moved a step closer and will put Bermuda on to a growing list of of places around the world where no-smoking rules have either come into force or are in the process of being introduced.

Bans on smoking in enclosed public places, aimed at improving public health, already exist in Italy, Ireland and New York.

In new rules outlined in a White Paper that has gone before the House of Assembly, cigarette vending machines are to be outlawed and cigarettes and other tobacco products must not be sold to anyone under the age of 18.

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