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THE ONLY CLOUD I SPOTTED WAS NICOTINE-STAINED 

Jump to full article: Daily Record and Sunday Mail (uk), 2006-04-05
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TALK about impeccable timing? Scotland's eagerly-awaited public smoking ban came into effect at the start of last week - just as I was boarding a plane bound for the smoking capital of Europe.

Yes, folks, welcome to Tenerife where it's just over a quid for a packet of 20 Embassy Regal.

At those prices, just about everyone on the island puffs away like a laboratory beagle (unable to resist a bargain, I almost thought about taking up the filthy habit myself) and I'm sure the only cloud we spotted all week was nicotine-stained.

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