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No-smoking movement challenges Austria's new government

Cafe in 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 cafés, bars and restaurants. Instead it wants the café owners to decide whether customers can light up. This feature reveals more details.



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