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Monthly Archive for December, 2006
Smoking John says there is no proof that smoking causes cancer. I wouldn’t take his word for it.
Continue reading ‘Smokeban countdown: 2 days to go’
A strong advertisement from France:
“You are young, you’re healthy, join ToxicCorp and become a ‘replacement smoker’! Every year, 270.000 courageous and motivated youngsters are willing to become addicted to nicotine, and absorb formol, cyanide and more than 50 carcinogenic substances in order to sustain our profits. Like them, take this opportunity and replace one of our deceased faithful smokers. Your future is in your hands, don’t hesitate.
Tobacco kills 1 in 2 smokers. The tobacco industry counts on you to replace them!”
Why am I so looking forward to the smoking ban in Belgian restaurants? Let’s compile some reactions from abroad, when the smoking ban started there:
Argentina:
This weekend I remember leaving AcaBar, a restaurant/bar in Palermo, with some friends and I realized how much different the experience was from just 5 months ago when I went there with this same group of friends. The last time, the place was so smoke-filled that you could hardly see across from one end to the other. I remembered that after I got home, I had to strip off all my clothes and take a shower just to get the smell of smoke out of my hair.
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Then it happened. The impossible. Buenos Aires went smoke free. Signs are up all over the capital. “Buenos Aires libre de humo.” (Buenos Aires free of smoke) Restaurants posted smaller versions, versions of the law. All over the milongas, bars, and restaurants, signs prohibiting smoking were posted.
On Oct 3 the local paper Clarin had a story of how 250 police were hired to patrol the city to make sure the law was being followed. Only 2 patrons in a bar in Recoleta were cited. Over all people and places were observing the law. I think many of us were shocked.
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