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As restaurateurs put pressure on the government to reverse the law, bloggers react.
Jump to full article: Southeast European Times, 2009-06-05
Intro: Croatia began enforcing a smoking ban in public places on May 6th. The law allows smoking outside facilities -- offices, bars, restaurants, and cafes -- but not indoors.
While some employers are lukewarm about the law, restaurant and bar owners are outraged, fearing that they will lose clientele. Restaurateurs have reportedly started an initiative to put Croatia on the list of countries that discriminate against smokers.
The blog community is divided, yet passionate, about the issue. Non-smokers are exhilarated, painting the law as a very positive step towards improving the nation's health, while smokers consider it repressive.
Nepusac praises the "healthiest law that was ever passed" in Croatia and warns that the tobacco industry is "trying to act through the restaurant and bar owners" to reverse the law. He finds their attempt outrageous, claiming they "promote the old myth that smoking is something entirely normal while non-smoking is not". He calls on everybody to support the government's stand, which reflects "civilisation, awareness and societal health".
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