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EDITORIAL: Enforce smoking ban to save lives in Cyprus 

Hopes and aspirations that the Christofias administration would implement a more balanced and fair social policy have been blown away following the government's inability to enforce a smoking ban in public areas. . . .

Government officials should set the example by pushing through for better implementation of the smoking ban, because the friendly local police officer will not be bothered to impose the law on his own. Ireland started the drive to smoke-free pubs and restaurants in a move which was followed by almost all other European countries, including the UK and France.

If we can't save lives by banking the smoke, why bother with hiking traffic fines?

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