Smoke-free bars in Ireland: a runaway success
Open Access
- 1 April 2005
- journal article
- Published by BMJ in Tobacco Control
- Vol. 14 (2) , 73-74
- https://doi.org/10.1136/tc.2005.011304
Abstract
On 29 March 2004, Ireland became the first country in the world to implement legislation creating smoke-free enclosed workplaces that included bars and restaurants. 1 While the legislation involved all workplaces, with minor exceptions, national and international media attention focused on how the legislation would be implemented in bars. Many commentators looked on in disbelief and suggested that Irish bars, globally iconic for smokin’ and drinkin’, would be the last place on earth one would expect to see go smoke-free. If Irish bars could successfully go smoke-free, what was the problem elsewhereKeywords
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