Smoking ban in cafes puts French off cigarettes
(Reuters)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20090107/2009_01_06t155835_450x301_us_cigarettes.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=pUuwjqPdl8_qRp3JJwa2xQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A tobacconist selects a pack of cigarettes from a shelf of his shop in Paris August 6, 2007. (Regis Duvignau/Reuters)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090106/od_nm/us_cigarettes)Reuters - Cigarette sales in France dropped to a record low in 2008, research by British American Tobacco (BAT) shows, challenging old cliches of Parisians hooked to their Gitanes in smoke-filled cafes.</p><br clear="all"/>
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