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Bulgarians may like their cigarettes, but if the Italians can come to terms with smoking restrictions, so can they. It's become a "perk" that travelers expect, even if it inconveniences a few.
The Bulgarian Hotel and Restaurant Association has called upon new forthcoming government to revert the laws that has clamped total ban on smoking since June 2012.
Bulgarian law previously allowed separate smoking and non-smoking areas in enclosed public spaces such as bars and restaurants, but in mid-2012 a law approved by Boiko Borissov's centre-right government imposed a full ban. Public pro