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Tuesday, January 30, 2007

France to Deploy 175,000 "Smoking Police"

Updated: 10:43, Tuesday January 30, 2007

No Smoking Smokers: Puff At Your Peril

PARIS, FRANCE: France is to deploy 175,000 "cigarette police" to patrol the country's public places in a crackdown on smoking. From Thursday it will be illegal for people to light up in enclosed public spaces. Anyone breaching the ban will receive a 'smoking ticket' and a £48 ($93.24) fine from the 'smoke police'.

But in a fiercely pro-smoking country, politicians have warned that enforcing the ban may prove difficult. Smoking in bars and restaurants was officially banned in 1991. But the bar is openly flouted - smokers have been given an 11-month stay of execution before the ban is enforced more rigourously. (continues)

-- Source: http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1249418,00.html?f=rss

Posted by C. L. Staten at 9:07.20
Edited on: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 9:57.11
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