by Novus » Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:22 am
Smoking bans where I live in the US crept into some local places, then statewide, then some surrounding states in some form. When the ban in bars first happened I still smoked and I got used to going outside, even in the bitter winter. Having a smoke free room actually got pleasant to even this smoker.
A few years later when the bans became statewide I was in one of the last places to allow smoking in bars the night before the law was to take effect and I had stopped smoking (I was with a woman who smoked and wanted to be at a bar where she could). I gotta say I am glad the smokers are not choking everyone out anymore because the contrast is immense.
But a smoking ban in Cyprus will not work. When I was there I still smoked and I remember in the airport, the bars and even in some restaurants there were no-smoking signs everywhere, but all that meant is instead of having an ashtray you had to use a paper cup with water in it.
My GC relatives on the island express the attitude as I am sure all GC have is that Cyprus laws are not laws, they are more like guidelines.