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Geneva Joins Most Of Europe In Banning Smoking In Public Places

October 7, 2009 at 2:33 PM | by | Comment (1)

For travelers who want to sit in a café without the health risk of passive smoking, we pointed out last year on our worldwide smoking ban map that most of Europe is smoke-free, but there was an odd exception: the beautiful Swiss city of Geneva.

A legal loophole meant that the attempt to ban smoking in public places failed and smokers were able to continue lighting up all over Geneva. But now that very opportunity has been, well, extinguished. Geneva held a referendum on Sunday and a whopping 81.77% of locals supported a ban on public smoking across the region.

In response to the new law, bars, hotels and restaurants will be able to create special smoking rooms, but otherwise it's smoke-free in public places. And that suits us fine, because sipping a smooth, Swiss hot chocolate is not something that should be spoiled by a face full of cigarette smoke. We still remember what a relief it was the day that Italy banned smoking on its trains; no more getting stuck in the smoking car and arriving reeking of stake smoke; it was even a relief on the smokers!

Related Stories:
· Geneva's Smoking Ban Returns After One-Year Break [AFP]
· Lights Out: Jaunted's Worldwide Smoking Ban Map [Jaunted]
· Geneva Travel Guide [Jaunted]

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It is simply untrue to claim that most of Europe has public places smoking bans. Very few in fact have such bans. Most provide choice. It is mere propaganda to suggest otherwise. Life long never smoker. Believer in the right to choose.
Bobfm on October 8, 2009 at 7:33 AM #Permalink

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