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On the morning of March 29, 2004, global television crews gathered outside a Dublin restaurant stocked with celebrating lawmakers to witness what few thought possible in this welcoming land of brilliant but noxious pubs. 2004年3月29日上午，来自世界各地的电视工作者聚集在都柏林的一家餐馆外——餐馆里挤满了欢庆的立法者——去见证之前几乎没人相信能在这个热情的酒馆之国实现的事情（那些酒馆好是好，却也臭名昭著）。 “We called it Ireland’s first smoke-free breakfast,” said Dr. Fenton Howell, Ireland’s national tobacco-control adviser. “It was the first day of our ban on workplace smoking — the first of its kind in the world — and there were some doubts that our cherished pubs would obey the law.” “我们称它为爱尔兰的第一顿无烟早餐，”爱尔兰全国烟草控制顾问芬顿·豪厄尔博士(Dr. Fenton Howell)说，“它是我们在工作场所禁烟的第一天——是世界上第一个此类禁令——当时有人怀疑为我们所珍爱的酒吧怕是不会遵守这项法律。” But obey they did. Within a month, according to health-ministry studies, there was 97 percent compliance in all workplaces, including Ireland’s then-7,800 “public houses.” Polls even showed an 80 percent approval of the ban among Irish smokers. 但是它们做到了。据卫生部门的调查，在一个月内，97%的工作场所遵守禁令，包括爱尔兰当时的7800个“酒吧”。民意调查甚至表明，爱尔兰的烟民中有80%赞成这项禁令。 | 
