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California Eyes Muslim Indonesia for Ideas

Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

Feb 4, 2006

The anti-smoking Nazis in this country have some fine fellow-travelers:

The Indonesian capital Jakarta imposed a ban on smoking in public places and offices in an effort to discourage the habit, which accounts for 57,000 deaths a year nationwide.

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