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20/10/2010 Spain enacts anti-smoking law

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SMOKING - SPAINS: pain adopts one of Europe's strictest smoking bans

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Spain Enacts Tough Anti-smoking Law

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Tough Spanish law bans smoking in bars, restaurants and nightclubs.

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Spanish bars go smoke-free

As a last country in Western Europe, Spain enacted tough anti-smoking law that prohibits smoking in enclosed public places, especially open-air children's playgrounds, inside parks and at access points to schools and hospitals. Hotels got an exception to reserve 30 percent of their rooms for smokers.
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