"A Tradition Ends in French Cafes"

SCOTT SIMON, Host:

Now, there's been opposition from people who complain that banning smoking is a step toward restricting drinking, adultery and other French liberties that Napoleon defended at Waterloo. But surprise, surprise most Parisians interviewed in the French Press said they actually like being able to smell food and breathe freely in cafes without worrying about swallowing secondhand smoke. Fines for smoking inside a cafe begin at $100 or these days about 5 euros.

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