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Jump to full article: Reuters, 2002-06-27
Author: Stephen Poloz, Reuters News Agency
Intro: Vatican City — "Excuse me, your Eminence, but if you don't put out that cigarette, I will have to slap you with a Papal fine."
That might be the warning a lowly Vatican policeman may have to recite to a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church next week when smoking will be effectively banned indoors in the Vatican.
A law approved by Pope John Paul and made public on Thursday will ban smoking in nearly all closed spaces inside the 43-hectare city-state as of July 1.
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Quotes from this article:
Vetatur Fumare
"No Smoking," in Vatican City's official language, Latin. Such signs may be posted next week, when an indoor smoking ban goes into effect. Poloz, S.
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