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Extended smoking ban opposed by Spanish catering industry 

The Spanish catering industry recently voiced its opposition to a government plan to extend smoking ban to bars and enclosed public spaces.

The new ban would bring the country in line with other European countries like Ireland, France, Italy and Britain.

However, the catering industry is worried about the economic consequences of such a ban for a sector already suffering from the current financial turmoil.

"It will ruin the catering industry. We are not in favor of tobacco, but we are against big economic losses," Jose Maria Rubio, president of the Federacion Espanola de Hosteleria (FEHR), said.

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