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Greece battles tobacco 

Jump to full article: Reuters, 2006-05-31

Intro:

Health experts in Greece are ringing alarm bells over the country's high smoking rate.

Health experts say in the last decade smoking has increased ten percent in Greece.

Regulations introduced in 2002 banning smoking from public places, and requiring businesses to segregate non smoking areas in restaurants and other public places has not been enforced.

Cigarettes are still quite cheap in Greece compared to other EU countries, at Euro 280 a packet.

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