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Lighting up: no longer a problem in the European parliament (Photo: EUobserver)

EU parliament does u-turn on smoking ban

The European Parliament's new leadership has dropped a complete ban on smoking in the House and decided to re-introduce smoking areas, with critics saying the move sends a negative message just as the EU is boosting an anti-smoking drive.

The ban on smoking inside the EU parliament took force at the beginning of 2007 but after the mid-January reshuffle in the assembly's office - consisting of the president and 14 vice-presidents - the new leaders agreed to set up special smoking areas.<...

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Lighting up: no longer a problem in the European parliament (Photo: EUobserver)

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