Jump to full article: Radio B92 (yu), 2009-04-11
Intro: While in many European countries smoking in public places has been banned altogether, in Serbia, even the current law is not entirely respected.
Now the restaurant owners say they wish to see "more moderate legislation" enforced.
A new bill could by the end of this year outlaw tobacco smoke in cafes and restaurants in a country where one third of the adult population enjoys the nicotine.
The law would then allow them this pleasure only in their own homes, and in the streets.
While Serbians react with mixed opinions, the restaurant industry is about to launch an initiative they have dubbed, "Protection instead of prohibition".
They suggest that Serbia adopts the so-called Spanish-Portuguese model, where the owner of a restaurant sized up to 100 sq meters could independently decide whether the space is banned for smoking, while larger ones would have separated smoking and non-smoking areas.
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