Congrats France

[bmc]

Smoke free starting tomorrow.

[Ericman197]

hehe good one

[Vorago]

A country with balls.


I wish I could say the same about Belgium. Stupid half*** pansies. Always taking half measures and complaining afterwards that some are being disadvantaged by the new rules while others aren't. Well that's what you get when the new rules don't apply to everybody!

[Matt_W]

Congrats, going out in England is so much more pleasant since they banned smoking in enclosed public and work spaces.

[spade2you]

Neat. My hometown introduced a smoking ban in all places that serve food but don't allow Keno (like Bingo, only just as lame). Secondhand smoke is no longer my problem! We have a long way to go, but it's a start.

[Santraginus]

Smoking is banned in Germany too, since midnight. In my state (Hessen), the ban started earlier - since Oct 1st.

I go out much more frequently now

[Baryonyx]

Originally Posted by Matt_W

Congrats, going out in England is so much more pleasant since they banned smoking in enclosed public and work spaces.

+1

It's a damn good thing.

[bmc]

It'll probably take another 50 years for Switzerland to move on it.

[hbarcat]

The State of Illinois starts our public smoking ban today.

I can't wait until our every act is proscribed by law in intricate detail for our own good so we can all be healthy and productive citizens and contribute the maximum possible to the hive.

[morf]

Originally Posted by hbarcat

The State of Illinois starts our public smoking ban today.

I can't wait until our every act is proscribed by law in intricate detail for our own good so we can all be healthy and productive citizens and contribute the maximum possible to the hive.

[Bob Lee (QSC)]

Originally Posted by hbarcat

I can't wait until our every arrogant imposition on others is proscribed by law

Fixed it for you.

[IconBasser]

uhh... what's with all the smoking bans? first I've heard of it...


does California have a smoking ban?

[bmc]

Excerpts taken from the World Health Organization website:

May 21st 2003 was a historic day for global public health. At the 56th World Health Assembly, WHO’s 192 Member States unanimously adopted the world’s first public health treaty, the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Negotiated under the auspices of WHO, this new treaty is the first legal instrument designed to reduce tobacco-related deaths and disease around the world.

Tobacco is the second major cause of death in the world. It is currently responsible for the death of one in ten adults worldwide (about 5 million deaths each year). If current smoking patterns continue, it will cause some 10 million deaths each year by 2020. Half the people that smoke today -that is about 650 million people- will eventually be killed by tobacco.

Second-hand smoke is a real and significant threat to public health. Children are at particular risk - exposure to tobacco smoke in children can cause respiratory disease, middle ear disease, asthma attacks, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The treaty obliges Party States to adopt and implement (in areas of existing national jurisdiction as determined by national law), or promote (at other jurisdictional levels), effective measures providing for protection from exposure to tobacco smoke in indoor workplaces, public transport, indoor public places and, as appropriate, other public places.

Tobacco is the second major cause of death in the world. It is currently responsible for the death of one in ten adults worldwide (about 5 million deaths each year). If current smoking patterns continue, it will cause some 10 million deaths each year by 2020. Half the people that smoke today -that is about 650 million people- will eventually be killed by tobacco.

To date, 168 countries have ratified the treaty. New smoking policies have been rolling out over the past few years.


I look forward to a day, in Switzerland, when I don't have to sit next to someone in a restaurant holding a fork in one hand and a cigarette in the other.

[Jeremy Crockett]

Originally Posted by IconBasser

uhh... what's with all the smoking bans? first I've heard of it...


does California have a smoking ban?

We were among the first. Huzzah!
Yet another reason I hate this state. Sorry, France, to hear of your loss.

[bmc]

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/st...oking-ban.html

[morf]

Originally Posted by OctoberMooN

We were among the first. Huzzah!
Yet another reason I hate this state. Sorry, France, to hear of your loss.

Thanks for your support

[bmc]

Originally Posted by morf

Thanks for your support

Think we'll be crossing the border for restaurant food, contributing to your economy Morf. It'll be so weird to not smell smoke in a restaurant.

Imagine playing a gig and not having to leave your clothes outside to air out and needing to take a shower? Has much as I will enjoy it, I do sympathize with smokers. This will be hard on them.

Hope you're enjoying the sunshine, warm weather and good skiing.

[Atoz]

So individual business owners aren't allowed to decide whether or not to allow smoking? Scary.

[morf]

Originally Posted by bmc

Think we'll be crossing the border for restaurant food, contributing to your economy Morf. It'll be so weird to not smell smoke in a restaurant.

Imagine playing a gig and not having to leave your clothes outside to air out and needing to take a shower? Has much as I will enjoy it, I do sympathize with smokers. This will be hard on them.

Hope you're enjoying the sunshine, warm weather and good skiing.

Still a bit hungover, weather not particularly warm, but the snowboarding is pretty good this year, snow is decent thanks

Originally Posted by Atoz

So individual business owners aren't allowed to decide whether or not to allow smoking? Scary.

Scary indeed.

[*smb]

I hope they haven't gone stupid with the rules like they have here where places no-one ever even considered smoking (libraries, churches etc) have to have no smoking signs everywhere by law.