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• Croatia's bar owners protest anti-smoking law 

Jump to full article: TODAYonline (sg), 2009-05-17

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Croatian bar and restaurant owners protested on Saturday a new tough law banning smoking in public places claiming it was ruining business and needs to be amended.

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Since the anti-smoking law was adopted earlier this month, bars and restaurants, especially those without terraces, reported a "significant decrease in business," an association of some 16,000 owners said in a statement, according to the state-run HINA news agency.

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The law should be amended to "prevent the collapse of the sector," they said.

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