Jump to full article: Reuters, 2009-06-17
Intro: Croatia's cafe and restaurant owners launched a petition on Wednesday to modify a law banning smoking in public, saying it is crippling businesses already weakened by recession.
The government enforced the law on May 6, much to the displeasure of Croatia's one million smokers.
They make up a third of the 4.4 million population in this European Union candidate country, where cigarettes had been taken for granted for years.
The guild of cafe and restaurant owners organised the signing of a petition in all major towns. It will ask the government to allow smaller premises to choose if they want to cater for smokers or non-smokers.
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