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German High Court overrules smoking bans
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<blockquote data-quote="Doc Manhattan" data-source="post: 23408" data-attributes="member: 341"><p>A challenge to state smoking bans in Germany <a href="http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3522898,00.html" target="_blank">was upheld by the Constitutional Court</a>. </p><p></p><p>It's not a full enfranchisement for smokers: the ruling says that "smoking section" laws are unconstitutionally biased against bars and restaurants that are too small to section off their properties. A total ban would still be legal, and I don't know enough about German politics to know whether that's a likely next step. In any case, a pro-tobacco (and pro-small-business) ruling in the EU is a rare bird indeed.</p><p></p><p>For the time being, it's smoke 'em if you got 'em in the Bierhalls.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doc Manhattan, post: 23408, member: 341"] A challenge to state smoking bans in Germany [url=http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3522898,00.html]was upheld by the Constitutional Court[/url]. It's not a full enfranchisement for smokers: the ruling says that "smoking section" laws are unconstitutionally biased against bars and restaurants that are too small to section off their properties. A total ban would still be legal, and I don't know enough about German politics to know whether that's a likely next step. In any case, a pro-tobacco (and pro-small-business) ruling in the EU is a rare bird indeed. For the time being, it's smoke 'em if you got 'em in the Bierhalls. [/QUOTE]
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