Jump to full article: Bild.com (de), 2010-01-28
Author: Dirk Hoeren
Intro: The EU has declared war against smokers! Brussels wants to eliminate cigarettes with a ‘smoking police’, ashtray bans and high-publicity legal processes against celebrities who enjoy a puff.
A dossier with recommendations for the 27 member states has been released by the EU. The objective - a “100 per cent smoke free environment”.
Health ministers proposed the paper and the EU parliament has approved it.
Member countries now have three years to bring the recommendations into their own legal systems, and in Germany it is set to spark a new debate over the controversial smoking ban.
The new 31-page document makes recommendations for drastic measures to ban smoking in all workplaces, public buildings and facilities . . .
• Shock trials: The EU states will be encouraged to carry out sensationalist prosecutions designed to shock the public.
Celebrities who smoke will also be targeted and exposed publicly as smoking offenders.
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