Anti-smoking lobby publishes list of cafes breaking the law

Anti-smoking group Clean Air Nederland is to publish a list of cafes and bars which still allow smoking, based on reports by consumers.


The list will also be accessible to health and safety inspectors who are charged with making sure the ban on smoking is not broken, Clean Air Nederland director Willem van den Oetelaar told news agency ANP.
The inspectorate has already admitted around half of the country’s bars, cafes and discos allow smoking. The ban was introduced in July 2008.
The new cabinet has lifted the ban in cafes smaller than 70 square metres without personnel.

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