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Jump to full article: Times Of London (uk), 2008-01-04
Author: Thomas Catan in Madrid
Intro: Portuguese smokers have been confined to the pavements since January 1, when new legislation banned smoking in many pubs and public places; so they were outraged to see a photograph of the man who had sponsored the legislation lighting up a cigar in a casino in the early hours of New Year's Day.
António Nunes, the head of the Portuguese Food Standards Agency, who is charged with enforcing the new regulations, said that he had not realised they also applied to casinos.
"We must investigate to see if it is within the new law," he said, in an attempt to explain his actions.
Campaigners said that Mr Nunes had set a deeply unfortunate example, making a mockery of the law within hours of its introduction.
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