UK News 25-11-2003 who: President of Royal College of Physicians, Carol Black what: Calls for ban on smoking in public places where: LONDON when: Today snippet: "Sir, We believe that the time has come for legislation to make public places smoke-free. Passive smoking causes an estimated 1,000 deaths in adults each year and causes asthma, lung infections and middle ear disease in children" - extract from a letter to the editor of The Times signed by 18 leading doctors. Elsewhere, The Telegraph reports on a protest by 15,000 French tobacconists and smokers in central Paris yesterday who are furious at a proposed 20% tax increase. [... more]

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