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Inside Europe: Is Austria the ashtray of Europe?

Kerry Skyring
April 20, 2018

More than half a million Austrians have signed a petition titled "Don’t Smoke." It demands that the government abandon plans to liberalize smoking laws. The new conservative coalition recently overturned a law banning smoking in all cafés, bars and restaurants. Instead it wants the café owners to decide whether customers can light up. Kerry Skyring reports.

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