Smoking ban is killing business

Restaurant and café owners in Vinkovci went on strike on Monday by closing their venues in protest of the ban on smoking. A protest rally was held on the main square of this city in continental Croatia which was attended by some 200 caterers who are demanding an immediate amendment to the law prohibiting smoking in public places and the application of the Austrian model, that is, to allow owners to decide whether their venue will be for smokers or not, even in the case of those that are smaller than 50 square metres, and if bigger, that 30 square metres be sectioned off for smokers.