Smokers consigned to sidewalks as Ireland pioneers indoor ban

Tuesday, March 30, 2004

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Smokers hid in toilet stalls or shivered outside Monday as Ireland's ban on tobacco in the workplace -- including the country's 10,000 usually smoky pubs -- began its first divisive day.

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