Pan European smoking ban 'imminent'

摘要

The European Parliament has called for the European Commission to put a legislative gun to the heads of European Union (EU) member states and propose a law protecting workers from second-hand smoke, if national public place smoking bans are not introduced. In a report replying to the European Commission's green paper on public smoking issued earlier this year, MEPs called on it to designate environmental tobacco smoke a class one carcinogen and recommend that - within two years - Member States impose smoking bans in all enclosed workplaces, including catering establishments, enclosed public buildings and public transport systems.