PR's Smoking Ban Is Caribbean's Toughest 

Puerto Rico's governor has signed into law a ban on smoking in enclosed public places - the toughest anti-tobacco prohibition in the Caribbean.

The measure, which passed in the legislature of the U.S. island territory last month over the objections of some in the tourist industry, was signed Thursday by Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila. It is scheduled to take effect in March 2007.

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