Spain's Socialist government said Monday it wants to introduce a total ban on smoking in public places.
Spain's Socialist government said Monday it wants to introduce a total ban on smoking in public places.
Health authorities "would like to take the decision to totally ban smoking in all public places," based on opinion polls which show that the majority of Spaniards back such a move, Health Minister Trinidad Jimenez said.
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Spain already has an anti-smoking law in force since January 2006, less restrictive that in other European countries, which bans smoking in the workplace and on public transport but only partially in bars and restaurants.
The law "allowed us to get used to not smoking in the workplace and in some public places" and Spanish society is now "mature enough" for a total ban, Jimenez said.
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