A recent attempt to ban smoking in all public enclosed spaces nationwide meets resounding failure in a Swiss referendum held among the nation's 26 cantons today. According to a survey conducted a week prior to voting, nearly 52% indicated an opposition to the ban, with 41% supporting and the rest remaining undecided. When it came to the actual vote count, the only canton that had a majority supporting the initiative was Geneva (with a slim 52% to 48% in favor).
Currently, eight cantons in the Swiss Confederation implement their own independent bans on public indoor smoking while the remaining 18 have no such legislature. Those who supported the legislature, including the Swiss Socialist party, hoped a successful passage of the law would further improve health and work conditions of employees across the country, particularly those in the hospitality and restaurant industries.
Those who opposed the ratification of the law, according to the newspaper La Tribune Geneve, did not want to impede on the rights of individual cantons to determine their own local policies.
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