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Saturday, August 10, 2013

Greece: refusing to quit

Could Greece's latest attempt to ban smoking, this time on patriotic grounds, finally persuade Greeks to kick the habit? One year and two months ago to this day, I walked into a bar in Athens where, in a haze of smoke and much to my surprise, I was allowed to break the law. A ban on smoking in public places, imposed by the then conservative government, had just come into force . Bars and ...

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