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• Cigarette sales have fallen by ten per cent since No Smoking Law came into force 

It's almost two years since the controversial No Smoking Law came into effect in Spain and this does seem to have had an effect on habits. In fact in the first 21 months of the new law cigarette sales fell by ten per cent in the province of Malaga, the equivalent of no fewer than 15 million packets of cigarettes.

Dolores Gil, who represents the association of tobacconists in Malaga, confirms that the law has taken its toll on cigarette sales. "People who used to smoke a packet a day are now smoking half", . . .

Meanwhile the pharmacies are also noticing the growing interest in giving up smoking.

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