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Jump to full article: Agence France Presse (AFP) (fr), 2006-01-04
Intro: Welcome to Greece, the last sanctuary for smokers in a European Union at war with nicotine.
"Non-smokers do not entirely feel at home in this country, and with cause," laments John Kosdouros, the head of the Greek anti-smoking society, a citizens group.
"There are laws against smoking, but they are not applied, and nobody dares sanction those who break them," he says.
Ranked second in tobacco production in Europe, Greece is also the EU's most prolific consumer of the "nicotiana tabacum" -- an estimated 45 percent of the Greek population lights up on a regular basis.
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