Source: Bild.com (de)
Date: 2010-01-28
Author: Dirk Hoeren

The EU has declared war against smokers! Brussels wants to
eliminate cigarettes with a ‘smoking police’, ashtray bans
and high-publicity legal processes against celebrities who enjoy
a puff.

A dossier with recommendations for the 27 member states has been
released by the EU. The objective - a “100 per cent smoke free
environment”.

Health ministers proposed the paper and the EU parliament has
approved it.

Member countries now have three years to bring the
recommendations into their own legal systems, and in Germany it
is set to spark a new debate over the controversial smoking ban.

The new 31-page document makes recommendations for drastic
measures to ban smoking in all workplaces, public buildings and
facilities . . .

• Shock trials: The EU states will be encouraged to carry out
sensationalist prosecutions designed to shock the public.

Celebrities who smoke will also be targeted and exposed publicly
as smoking offenders.