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28 Dec 2007, 5:45 pm

:o

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071228/ap_on_re_eu/france_smoking_ban


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28 Dec 2007, 5:48 pm

Good.

You can no longer smoke in cafes in a lot of countries.


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28 Dec 2007, 5:56 pm

A similar law takes effect in Holland on July 1st. Except . . . police officials have publicly stated they'll refuse to enforce it. :roll:



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28 Dec 2007, 8:01 pm

You can't smoke in any enclosed public places in the whole of Britain and Ireland.



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28 Dec 2007, 8:55 pm

Or New Zealand.

Or lots of other places.

Who cares?


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28 Dec 2007, 9:14 pm

It will be healthier for the workers now, with less second hand smoke.


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28 Dec 2007, 9:57 pm

I never though I'd live to see the day....



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31 Dec 2007, 8:52 pm

well, they had some catching up to do...;) j/k..;)

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03 Jan 2008, 1:39 am

Australia has also severely restricted smoking indoors and also within a certain distance of doorways in public places. It hasn't come too soon for me. Nothing is more of a put off in going to public places than stinky smoke from el cheapo cigarettes. I start to cough and splutter and it must be even worse for people with asthma and emphysema.

I saw a classic situation though last year. A young man was smoking under a no smoking sign at the bus depot. He could have been an overseas backpacker and not understood English but surely the picture of a cigarette with a big bar over it would have given him a clue.


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03 Jan 2008, 10:01 am

Well, ya, smoking's banned other places in the world -- duh -- but my point is that French cafes are world famous for their clientele of sophisticated, smoking intellectuals. Some people traveling to Paris might be particularly planning to light up in a cafe, so this will put a small dent in tourism. (I'm a lifelong non-smoker, BTW.)


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03 Jan 2008, 3:08 pm

Ragtime wrote:
Well, ya, smoking's banned other places in the world -- duh -- but my point is that French cafes are world famous for their clientele of sophisticated, smoking intellectuals. Some people traveling to Paris might be particularly planning to light up in a cafe, so this will put a small dent in tourism. (I'm a lifelong non-smoker, BTW.)

There's still the espresso. :) And weather which makes it possible to sit out on the terrace to smoke 8 months of the year, or more in the south !

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03 Jan 2008, 3:49 pm

This is just the majority taking away the rights of the minority. This is unconstitutional and outrageous.



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03 Jan 2008, 8:57 pm

To me, Smoking = Poison sold next to your milk, and a slow self-suicide.


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03 Jan 2008, 9:30 pm

Now, if the state of Pennsylvania would just put a smoking ban into effect...

No, I don't live there, but I know it's one of the states left that allow public smoking. Some courageous restaurants are choosing to go smoke-free on their own. Eat N Park is one of them and I give them major kudos for it. When visiting PA, I know where I can take my family safely to eat. Frankly I can't believe in this day and age there are places that allow indoor smoking.


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03 Jan 2008, 11:44 pm

Do they still have nude beaches in france?

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04 Jan 2008, 10:10 am

Tim_Tex wrote:
Do they still have nude beaches in france?

Tim


I see it's all about priorities with you! :lol:


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