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... Sports | Reuters.co.in Change Edition United States Japan Germany United Kingdom Italy -- Arabic Argentina Brazil Canada Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) France India Latin America Mexico Russia (Cyrillic) South Africa Spain symbol lookupHelp & Info Jump To Channel: Business World Technology Take Two Sports YOU ARE HERE: Home Sports >Article Make World Cup smoke-free, health groups urge Fri Mar 31, 2006 5:54 PM IST Printer Friendly Top News Raina's 81 spurs India to four-wicket victory Brahmaputra threatens to sink island way of life India says nuclear deal will not spark arms race "Wardrobe malfunctions" spice up India fashion week England 226 all out as Pietersen equals record MORE FRANKFURT (Reuters) - An alliance of health groups urged World Cup organisers on Friday to ban smoking at the 12 stadiums to be used during the June 9-July 9 tournament.

The UICC Global Smokefree Partnership, a grouping including Cancer Research UK and the American Cancer Society, made the plea at a conference in Nuremberg, one of the World Cup's host cities.

"Tobacco and sports don't mix," said Professor Gerhard Sybrecht, deputy chairman of the German Lung Foundation.

"That should also hold true for Germany, yet images of smoking will be exported into billions of homes and on to countless big screens around the globe." Smoking was banned in stadiums at the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan and will be again in South Africa in 2010.

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