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• SMOKING BAN APPROVED 

Jump to full article: The Royal Gazette (bm), 2005-12-17
Author: Scott Neil, Stuart Roberts and Elizabeth Roberts

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Bermuda is on course to join a growing number of countries around the world that have outlawed smoking in all enclosed public places – be they hotels, bars, restaurants, places of work or shops and theatres. An Island-wide smoking ban in enclosed public places will now become the law of the land in 2006 if it is approved by the Senate following its acceptance by MPs in the House of Assembly yesterday. Senators are expected to discuss the ban when they meet next week. Making a case for the strict ban, Health Minister Patrice Minors referred to a raft of statistics and research that pointed to tobacco use being the second biggest killer of people in the world.

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