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No smoking travel

Anyone visiting Switzerland can be forgiven for thinking they have arrived in a land of smokers since smoking is allowed here on trains, in restaurants, cinema lobbies, public buildings, and even in offices and hospitals. This might come as a shock to tourists from countries where non-smokers’ rights are respected. But is it possible for non-smokers to travel round Switzerland and see the sights without breathing in second-hand smoke? Swiss Radio International’s travel correspondent, Dale Bechtel (BEK-TAL) attempted just that in Zurich.

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