Sunday, 30 March 2008

Vancouver no-smoking laws…start..NOW

On March 31st...


Pubs and restaurants and…any public place with a window and door…
No smoking within 6 meters of them. (which would bring you to the curb)
No more patio smoking.
No more smoking rooms
No more smoking 6 m of a public establishment open window or door
Oh..and bus shelters too.

I think it might even be illegal to show packs of tobacco in stores- I see them cover them up now.

I like the law because I don’t smoke.

But I bet it’ll start a lot of confrontation because as if cops are going to walk around with a measuring tapes and enforce it. And bar owners risk losing their license and a $2500 fine.

BUT, in the NIMBY spirit, I still want to reserve my right to smoke in Montreal where they have a beautiful culture of hot summers, wine, patios and the cigarette.

So no smoking in Vancouver but lets forget about this ridiculous ban in Montreal.


Vancouver anti-smoking city- what will it mean for you?

hookah bars? cigar lounges? patios? summer bar business? olympics (where the world is more or less pro-smoke)?

And will it really make you quit smoking?

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6 comments:

arthurq said...

Iunno, dude. I don't smoke, but i think this is an overly severe curtailing of personal freedoms. A kind of cartman-esque "what-eva, I do what I want!" from the majority, to those poor yellow-teethed bastards.

Anonymous said...

These laws are bullshit!!! Now they are tring to say you are not allowed to smoke in your car by yourself or on your own property that you paid way to much for(condos, townhouses). Why dont they just make it illegal to buy them. I can't belive this they are taking away our right to choose what we want to do with our bodies why don't they just make it illegal to live. Oh and stop making products that are so problematic.

Hospitality Lawyer said...

Hi. Thought everyone might find it interesting that more and more cities worldwide are going non-smoking. Beijing announced on Friday that it would ban smoking in time for the Olympics. The ban would cover most public buildings. According to the USAToday article, “restaurants, bars, and hotels can still allow smoking but must provide smoke-free areas or rooms.” In a city where “23% of those above age 15 smoke,” one restaurant preempted the ban and went smoke free last week. The restaurateur already reports improved business and customer satisfaction.

You guys should check out Stephen Barth's challenge to the industry to go non-smoking. His blog on HospitalityLawyer.com is at: http://blog.hospitalitylawyer.com/

Dr.Chatwin said...

Smoking can hook you because cigarettes contain nicotine which is highly addictive. But being hooked is not an excuse why you cannot quit smoking. Smoking has been proven by several researches to be great threat to one's health that is why there is no reason why one who is already hooked to it should not quit smoking. http://www.besthealthmed.com/quit_smoking.html

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