Smoking in Switzerland
July 5th, 2007 | Posted by Pauline
On July 1, England banned smoking in all public buildings, including restaurants and pubs, joining the rest of the United Kingdom in banning smoking (Wales and Northern Ireland instituted bans in April, Scotland last year).
Other European countries have instituted similar bans: Ireland was the first in 2004. Sweden, Italy, Malta, Belgium, Finland, Lithuania, and Portugal have smoking bans (full or partial).
In the next two years the following European countries will institute smoking bans: France, Denmark, Hungary, the Netherlands, Switzerland. (From the International Herald Tribune.)
We have noticed smoking in restaurants here in Switzerland.
Smokers at restaurant in Leysin, Switzerland
July 7th, 2007 at 9:06 am
Gah! Smoking in restaurants! Reminds me of Texas. ;)
July 8th, 2007 at 5:32 am
Pauline, Talk about smoking in restaurants. The french are maniacs.