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No-smoking movement challenges Austria's new government

No-smoking movement challenges Austria's new government
Cafe Weidinger, Vienna Source: SBS Skyring

More than half a million Austrians have signed a petition titled "Don't Smoke." It demands that the government abandon plans to liberalise smoking laws. The new conservative coalition recently overturned a law which would have seen smoking banned in all café, bars and restaurants. Instead it wants the café owners to decide whether customers can light up.


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By Kerry Skyring

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More than half a million Austrians have signed a petition titled "Don't Smoke." It demands that the government abandon plans to liberalise smoking laws. The new conservative coalition recently overturned a law which would have seen smoking banned in all café, bars and restaurants. Instead it wants the café owners to decide whether customers can light up.



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