Bowing to resistance and claims that the ban was driving small Dutch pubs out of business, an incoming coalition government has also cancelled 280 fines levied during a campaign of civil disobedience by smokers and bar-owners.
The relaxation of the smoking ban will cover more than 2,000 bars, many of which had been in open defiance of a prohibition that Dutch people thought went against the grain of their country’s liberal reputation.
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