WATCH ABOVE: The Union of Quebec Bar Owners is rallying against a proposed provincial law aimed at curbing tobacco use. Global’s Billy Shields reports.
MONTREAL – The Union of Quebec Bar Owners is rallying against a proposed provincial law aimed at curbing tobacco use.
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The Quebec Liberal government tabled Bill 44 back in May.

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The aim was to end smoking on restaurant and bar patios just a decade after Quebec first prohibited smoking inside the establishments.
“Smokers and non-smokers coexist without a problem,” said Peter Sergakis, the group’s president.
“This is completely unacceptable.”
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The new law would include a number of changes:
– Prohibit smoking on terraces
– Prohibit smoking in a car with someone under the age of 16 inside
– Consider the use of e-cigarettes tobacco use
– Prohibit smoking within nine meters of a door to a public place
– Prohibit the sale of flavoured tobacco
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Sergakis suggested separating the terraces into smoking and non-smoking with about one and a half metres in between so the smoke can dissipate.
The National Assembly is scheduled to begin discussing Bill 44 Tuesday morning.
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