Reuters: "Smoking-ban murder" (Turkey)

[Heidi]

Ya know, I enjoy a cigarette with a drink, too, but not enough to shoot those who object. :yikes:
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Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:05pm EDT

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A restaurant owner in southwest Turkey was shot dead after he tried to prevent his customers from smoking to comply with a new law on the use of tobacco indoors, Hurriyet daily said on Thursday.

A fight broke out after Hidir Karayigit, 46, ordered a group of customers to extinguish their cigarettes when they began smoking at his "meyhane," a traditional restaurant that serves alcohol, in the town of Saruhanli, Hurriyet said.

One of the customers shot Karayigit four times after he took away the group's cigarettes, said witness Hamza Havutcu, Karayigit's business partner who was also shot and wounded.

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[Why Syzygy]

1. Istanbul

is probably not prime location for smoking restrictions. Stupid bureaucrats.

[Heidi]

2. Tobacco kills!!!!

This article is proof.