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Puerto Rico Moves Closer to Smoking Ban

Friday, February 17, 2006 4:50:17 PM
By ADAM RANEY

An unidentified man smokes while a waitress takes an order at Senor Frogs in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico on Tuesday Feb. 14, 2006. Puerto Rico lawmakers on Thursday Feb. 16, 2006 passed what would be the toughest anti-smoking law in the Caribbean. The governor said he will sign the restrictions, over the objections of some in the tourism industry, and ban smoking in bars, restaurants and other public buildings out of health concerns for the employees. (AP Photo/Herminio Rodriguez)                               SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Aida Sanchez squints through the smoke billowing her way from the fat cigars and cigarettes of fellow gamblers.

Alone in the small nonsmoking section of a seaside casino, the 60-year-old Puerto Rican puts up with the acrid second-hand smoke in order to pass time in the casinos of this U.S. island territory.

"Where else am I going to go?" Sanchez, a retired hair stylist, says above the din of clinking coins and beeps.


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