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Questions 1-3 are marked a maximum of 1 point each. If copied from the text, the maximum will be 0, 5 points. Questions 4 and 5 will be marked 0,5 or 0. You have to provide the precise words, not just the line that justifies your answer. Dont forget to SPECIFY your option for your production.

Spanish Anti-smoking Law takes effect

1. This year, a tough anti-smoking law has taken effect in Spain. The ban outlaws smoking in all bars and restaurants. 2. Smokers will also be prohibited on television broadcasts, near hospitals or in school playgrounds. The government 3. assures it introduced the ban to protect passive smokers and deter the young from acquiring the habit. 4. Doctors argue the new legislation will help smokers give up. Some 50,000 Spaniards a year die from smoking5. related illnesses, according to the Spanish health ministry, which estimates that between three and nine people a day 6. die because of passive smoking. The Spanish Health Minister, Leire Pajin, said the ban was taking place "with total 7. normality" and urged Spaniards to report anyone they saw breaking the new rules, to ensure compliance. However, 8. Facua a consumer group recorded more than 800 complaints, most coming from Andalucia, that the law was being 9. flouted in the first two days. 10. Spain has a strong cafe culture and the owners of bars and cafes have grumbled about the hurt this law will cause 11.to their businesses. The anti-smoking rules introduced in 2006 outlawed smoking in the workplace, but let bar and 12.restaurant owners choose whether or not to allow it. Most chose not to impose any ban. Only large restaurants and 13.bars were obliged to provide a smoke-free area. Spanish catering industry owners have said they could face a 10% 14.drop in trade with the new rules, in addition to the sharp fall in sales due to Spain's economic problems. 15. Some side effects of the controversy the law has created are the injuries caused to the owner and customers of a 16.bowling alley which began when the owner asked a customer to stub out, the detention of a man for lighting up on 17.hospital premises or a large printed sign in the window of a southern restaurant which is not trying to hide its 18.rebellion and states that the law will not be applied in the establishment finally closed by Spanish Health authorities. ANSWER QUESTIONS 1-3 ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION GIVEN IN THE TEXT. USE YOUR OWN WORDS. 1. 2. 3. According to the Spanish government, why was the anti-smoking law passed? Do Facua and Leire Pajin show the same conclusion about the respect for the law? Justify it. Why do the owners of catering establishments complain about the law?

ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH THE PRECISE WORDS OR PHRASES FROM THE TEXT, OR USE YOUR OWN WORDS. 4. 5. The decrease in the sales of the catering industry caused by Spains economic recession could be The controversy generated by Spanish anti-smoking law has not caused any violent confrontations. aggravated by the expected fall in trade caused by the anti-smoking law. WRITE A COMPOSITION OF APPROXIMATELY 120 WORDS. CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS AND FOCUS STRICTLY ON IT. SPECIFY YOUR OPTION. A) Are you for or against Spanish anti-smoking law? Justify it. B) Do you consider the sale of deadly substances should be prohibited to preserve human health or do you think that their consumption is up to everyones own choice and responsibility? Justify your option.