Brussels, 09/10/2006 (Agence Europe) - European Healh and Consumer Protection Commissioner Markos Kyprianou welcomes the decision taken by the French government to ban smoking in public places, including bars and restaurants, from January 2008. He warmly congratulated Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin and Health Minister Xavier Bertrand for their decision. With this measure, he said, France is in the lead when it comes to combating smoking and he trusts that all EU Member States that are...