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Jump to full article: The Guardian (uk), 2002-06-28
Author: Philip Willan / in Rome
Intro: The 44-hectare (108-acre) state has a population of about 800, but the impact of the new law will also be felt by the 2,000 white-collar administrative workers in the papal palaces.
Nuns are rarely seen to smoke but many monsignors and cardinals are partial to the odd puff and will now have to avail themselves of the picturesque Vatican gardens to indulge their addiction.
Church wags said that the only legal smoke to be found in the Vatican will be that coming from the Sistine Chapel chimney on the election of a new pope.
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