pretty recent ban- you sure? Source?


"• Holy smoke! Vatican bans puffing on the job
Source: Reuters, 2002-06-27
Author: Stephen Poloz, Reuters News Agency

Intro:

Vatican City — "Excuse me, your Eminence, but if you don't put out that cigarette, I will have to slap you with a Papal fine."

That might be the warning a lowly Vatican policeman may have to recite to a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church next week when smoking will be effectively banned indoors in the Vatican.

A law approved by Pope John Paul and made public on Thursday will ban smoking in nearly all closed spaces inside the 43-hectare city-state