World News 19-09-2003 who: The European Commission what: Considers banning smoking in bars where: Brussels when: This week snippet: "Several EU countries already plan to outlaw smoking in restaurants, bars and cafés, forcing smokers outdoors on to patios and terraces," says The Independent. "Ireland and the Netherlands want to introduce bans from January" and lobbying on the issue "is expected to be fierce". Meanwhile, it was announced yesterday that new UK legislation banning "spam" emails will come into effect from December 11th following a European Union directive last year. [... more]

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