Turkey marks 1st year of anti-smoking law

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says 2.5 percent of coffeehouse owners and 3.5 percent of their customers have quit smoking since Turkey extended a ban on indoor public smoking to bars, restaurants and coffeehouses a year ago.

Erdogan says 33 percent of the owners and 25 percent of the customers also have reported lighting up less frequently since the ban was introduced …