A CONPLETE BAN on SMOKING in Europe's workplaces,bars and restraunt by 2009 was proposed last week by the EU Health Commissoner,who used to smoke 60 a day.M.Kyriano said dat there was overwhelming public support(A survey found more than 80% of EU citizens in favour of ban)
Four of the EU's 27members - the Irish Republic,Italy,Malta and Sweden - have already introduced wide-range public smoking ban,with Britain,Estonia,Finland,France and Lithuania not far behind.
Germany,Greece and Cyprus are among those where ppl have least protection from secondary smoke.
About one third of the EU's 480mil population still smokeーalmost 38% of men and 23% of woman.
Tobacco-related cancers,heart and respiratory diseases kill 650,000 ppl every yre,one in seven of all EU death. brief of The Times Sun Feb 4 2007