Jump to full article: Cyprus Mail (cy), 2008-04-25
Author: Andreas Avgousti
Intro: THE existing smoking ban law is not being enforced and what Cyprus really needs is a total ban on smoking.
These are not the conclusions of health experts or politicians, but of two Supreme Court judges who have had enough of the shortcomings of anti-smoking legislation.
The law which prescribes measures for the containment of public smoking was passed by the House of Representatives in June 2002.
"Between 2002 and 2008, there has not been an actual compliance with the anti-smoking law nor has it been effectively enforced," write Takis Eliades and Demetris Hadjihambis in an open letter.
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