"Turkish leaders push for smoking ban
The bill, which is likely to pass, challenges the stereotype of 'smoking like a Turk.'
By Yigal Schleifer | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
ISTANBUL, TURKEY – Since founding the first anti-smoking organization in Turkey 12 years ago, Ubeyd Korbey has become accustomed to being one of the country's most quixotic figures.
With one of the highest smoking rates in the world, Turkey isn't exactly a haven for antismoking activists. The thick smoke of cigarettes often seems like a natural part of the country's landscape. And the expression 'smoke like a Turk' has even entered the lexicon of several European languages as a way to describe an excessive smoker."
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