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Greeks, Bulgarians and Latvians smoke the most in the EU (Photo: Wikipedia)

Brussels wants smoking ban across Europe

The European Commission on Tuesday (30 June) called on member states to boost their non-smoking legislation in order to move towards a "smoke free" EU by 2012.

The commission is suggesting the bloc's 27 member states agree smoking in "enclosed public places, workplaces and public transport" be banned by 2012, while children's exposure to tobacco should be specifically tackled and "efforts to give up tobacco use and pictorial warnings on tobacco packages" should be encouraged.

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Greeks, Bulgarians and Latvians smoke the most in the EU (Photo: Wikipedia)

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