OT: Turkey Bans Cigarettes in Bars/ Old news here in Canada

[Guest guest]

Ahh, Butch, just wait until it gets to the point it is in Toronto,

smoking in public places was banned a few years ago, all bars were

forced to put in special smoking rooms that were ventilated to the

outside, these rooms are like large glass fish tanks, all us non smokers

get to watch everyone puff through the windows, then this past fall, the

city decided that it was now smoke free, all those bars that paid 20-30

thousand for those fish tanks, were told that they were no longer

acceptable. The bars are all still thriving, it hasn't caused any

hardship, the smokers now go outside for their puff.

 

In the past few years, it has become acceptable for smokers, to smoke by

an open window ( even in their own homes) and now the Government of

Canada is going to BAN smoking in your own car if there are children

traveling in it. Enjoy your puffs while they last. Glad I never took up

the habit.

 

And now, your going to love this, the city of Toronto is reviewing a

plan to charge a SIDE WALK TAX, yes, you read that right, you will now

have to pay to stand in line to get into your favorite bar or to see a

Broadway show, if this dipsh*t ( err, I mean politician ) gets his way.

 

What a world!

 

 

Carol

 

Butch Owen wrote:

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> Hi y'all,

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> For four years now smoking in government buildings has been illegal in

> Turkey but it was not enforced for those who worked there .. only for those

> who visited to conduct business. The article is incorrect on the

> percentage of people who smoke .. probably half of the women in Turkey are

> social smokers .. they will light a cigarette and puff on it to be sociable

> but like one of our previous presidents, they don't inhale. ;-) When one

> visits the average Turkish home they are first offered Lemon Cologne to

> refresh their hands and face, then a cup of coffee or tea and a pastry, and

> then a cigarette. Rare is it that someone refuses the offer of the

> cigarette.