More gloomy news for the smoker --an almost total ban came into effect yesterday in France. One can smoke only in tightly sealed rooms with sliding doors, and no food or drink can be served. Sartre would be turning in his grave.
Smokers planning holidays would do well to consult Wikipedia's List of Smoking Bans, country by country. Bans are coming into effect almost everywhere; but in many cases they do try to set aside limited, separate areas for smokers, which is all that one asks. Among the most reasonable countries to holiday in appear to be Russia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Portugal and Spain. Spain has fairly strict laws but they are widely disregarded.
England, land of liberty, has a ban that is among the most draconian. Perhaps the fiercest ban is in Albania, where a hot-line allows people to report smoking criminals. (Well, that figures: it's hard to break the addiction to informing on others.)
The sale of tobacco in Scotland has increased by 5% since the smoking ban started there.
By the way, smoking on an open station platform is not breaking the law of England; it's merely a byelaw brought in by the railway companies. Bastards!
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At least I am not alone in this maddness!
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