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"What else do they want to ban, eating meat?"The case has received wide media coverage and split public opinion in Germany, still considered a "smokers paradise" with less stringent tobacco curbs than many other European countries."It won't be long before the pressure to conform is legally enforced in other areas of life," fumed a commentary in the Berlin daily Tagesspiegel.The "motto of zero tolerance" will soon apply to "exotic (food) smells escaping through balcony doors, politically incorrect jokes at the workplace, and families whose shoes in the hallway offend the eye", it predicted.Smoking has long been banned in Germany in enclosed public spaces such as government offices and train stations, as well as in restaurants, but restrictions in bars vary from state to state.While smoking remains legal in age-restricted bars in Berlin, a city known for its abundant nightlife, it has been banned in the southern state of Bavaria, even at the world-famous beer festival known as the Oktoberfest.Opposition has slowly gained traction to smoking, which kills 110,000 people a year in Germany, according to anti-tobacco group Pro Rauchfrei.
The ban not mention a full ban on all e-cigarettes but rather a ban on Juul products
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