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There have been concerns about possible harm to the hospitality industry in some EU member states, but current statistics are rather ambiguous (Photo: European Commission)

Commission tests the water on EU-wide smoking ban

An EU-wide ban on smoking in public spaces could be put in the pipeline after the European Commission on Tuesday (30 January) launches a debate on whether to introduce a piece of smoke-free legislation binding on all member states.

EU health commissioner Markos Kyprianou is to issue a so-called green paper that takes a favourable view of the examples set by Ireland, Italy, Malta and Sweden on public smoking.

There are two options laid down in the commission's paper, seen by EUobs...

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There have been concerns about possible harm to the hospitality industry in some EU member states, but current statistics are rather ambiguous (Photo: European Commission)

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