Greeks struggle to enforce smoking ban

The story is here. High numbers of complaints fail to produce smoke-free Greece. Does that mean that the numbers breaching the ban far outweigh the numbers of complaints? I'd love to know.

World Health Organisation honours Greek PM for unenforceable smoking ban

This is a popular story today. Greek PM Papandreou has picked up the World No Tobacco Day prize for his determination to implement a smoking ban.

The report linked above describes the smoking ban as 'politically unpopular'. The Associated Press report refers to Greece as 'a country where the new smoking ban is largely ignored'.

Mr Papandreou is accredited with 'political courage' for his insistence that the smoking ban will be a comprehensive law in spite of other austerity measures the government is taking, and in spite of opposition from Greek people. I am not sure that 'political courage' are words that describe the actions of a leader who follows a global health agenda at the expense of his people's livelihoods and against their wishes.

Greeks struggle to enforce smoking ban

Greek authorities are discovering that their new ban in smoking is not working any better than one imposed in 2009, with 80 per cent of bars and restaurants flouting the ban.

They are protesting too.

Magnificent!