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#88487 - 10/22/10 05:29 PM
Re: New Smoking Ban
[Re: teachertraveler8]
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Registered: 05/06/00
Posts: 9080
Loc: Madrid, Spain (was Columbus, O...
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Sure, everyone's talking about it. This could affect like half the Spanish population! I'm not a fan of it myself, a non-smoker, but sometimes extreme measures are taken in order to (better) comply with the European Union's wishes. I guess I'll get used to being in a bar/restaurant in Spain and NOT having smokers around me - but it won't be the same. For me at least, smoking is part of what makes Spain Spain. Call me crazy, but that's how I feel. Smokers tell me, "How can I enjoy coffee/beer and NOT smoke??? That's TOTALLY incongruent!" I read that "smokers clubs" are scheduled to open shortly after the 2 January 2011 ban - but those same clubs are not permitted to serve food OR alcohol. Odd. NOR can smokers smoke withing X-meters of an outdoor playground. That's just too much. But at least people incarcerated will still be able to smoke in the jails. Who cares about the guards/staff/other-jailbirds, right? I plan to blog a soliloquy on this very topic in the coming weeks. You've stolen my thunder, teachertraveler8! hehehehe... Saludos, MadridMan
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#88491 - 10/22/10 05:41 PM
Re: New Smoking Ban
[Re: teachertraveler8]
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Hehehehe... Thanks for the support! I know several Spanish smokers here in Madrid so you can be sure I'll demonstrate BOTH sides of the story. Saludos, MadridMan
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#88499 - 10/23/10 02:14 PM
Re: New Smoking Ban
[Re: Puna]
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Executive Member
Registered: 05/28/08
Posts: 334
Loc: Madrid
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fantastic law!!, I've been a smoker,ex-smoker, and now I'm a smoker smoker smoker...,maybe, I'm an EX-SMOKER january 2....I hope?????
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#88504 - 10/24/10 09:40 AM
Re: New Smoking Ban
[Re: billy the man]
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Registered: 10/05/09
Posts: 15
Loc: Joburg and Malaga
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As a smoker myself (trying to quit but with beer and coffee its hard hehe), I think its a good idea to enforce it strongly. I remember I went into a bar in Malaga and the smoke was overwhelming, this coming from a smoker of 8 years.
Whether Spain can keep enforce it or take on the manana attitude with this law is still to be seen.
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