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Incredibly the first fine imposed for breaking the anti-smoking law was dished out in Naples, at one minute past midnight on 10 January. Since then there have been only a handful, but the police are seen as being highly devoted to searching for offenders. They plunge into bars, bingo halls, university corridors searching for miscreants, while immediately outside the 'parcheggiatori' (illegal parking 'attendants') are completely ignored. I assume, along with most of Naples, that this will be a short lived offensive, and in a couple of weeks things will be back to normal.
Some pro-smokers are collecting the signatures needed for a petition to hold a country wide referendum, as they say the laws break the constitution. It will be interesting to see what happens on that score.