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Total smoking ban could be on the cards 

HEALTH minister Trinidad Jiménez (pictured) has threatened to ban smoking in all public places – including bars and restaurants.

Since the anti-smoking law came into effect on January 1, 2006, all bars over 120 square metres – not counting the kitchen, bar and toilets – had to choose whether to allow smoking on their premises. . . .

But the ministry of health says that although a million people in Spain have given up smoking since January 2006, the law does not have sufficient impact.

They believe Spain is ‘now ready for a total ban’ and commented that most other European countries have stopped letting people smoke in public places.

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