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28.01.05

No Smoking Law, reality all’Italiana...

The discussion about the the No Smoking Law has found new “dynamite” as reported by the “Corriere della Sera” of today. The newspaper refers to the fact that in the Rome Parliament and in the Senate people continue to smoke, not only in their individual offices and some working groups but rather in parts of the buildings accessible to all politicians and the public as well. One parliamentarian is quoted: “as long as there are ashtrays……..” He probably should not have said it: yesterday all those ashtrays even in Palazzo Madama (some of which really nice antique masterpieces) have been dismantled………
However, don’t think the story will end here; we should not underestimate the Italians’ imaginativeness.
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