France bans smoking in public places.
Feb 1st, 2007, 04:20 AM
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I tried to post the above 3 times, without success. Now I tried again, without the two urls, and it worked. apparently posting a url causes some problem?! I will try to post the urls in post #3 of this thread.
Feb 1st, 2007, 04:21 AM
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Here are two news articles:
http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,...-860588,0.html
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/worl...f=slogin%C2%A0
http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,...-860588,0.html
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/worl...f=slogin%C2%A0
Feb 1st, 2007, 10:00 AM
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Good! Now if they would just build some more fast food joints, pass a law requiring everyone to speak English and start invading some Middle Eastern countries willy-nilly it won't be a half bad place for an American to visit. (That was sarcasm, by the way).
Feb 1st, 2007, 10:09 AM
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This is pretty old news, isn't it? It seems I've been hearing about it for months.
People start threads with posts including URLs on Fodors all the time, it must have been a random time when something doesn't post. I've had that happen, I think when things are busy.
People start threads with posts including URLs on Fodors all the time, it must have been a random time when something doesn't post. I've had that happen, I think when things are busy.
Feb 1st, 2007, 10:19 AM
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I don't understand your post, SDA. How does banning smoking fit in with the "Americanization" of France?
Are you saying that France shouldn't reduce a dangerous practice like smoking because it might interfer with an American's fantasy of what France should be? Isn't that a little selfish?
Are you saying that France shouldn't reduce a dangerous practice like smoking because it might interfer with an American's fantasy of what France should be? Isn't that a little selfish?
Feb 3rd, 2007, 05:17 AM
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aghh, another country bites it.
So what's a public place? Does this impact bars and cafes? Will smoking be banned in restaurants outright -- or will a non-smoking section just be mandatory now? (wishful thinking, i know)
So what's a public place? Does this impact bars and cafes? Will smoking be banned in restaurants outright -- or will a non-smoking section just be mandatory now? (wishful thinking, i know)
Feb 3rd, 2007, 07:13 AM
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Fishee, the non-smoking sections have been mandatory since 1992 (I know, it didn't show, but that's France! ). And of course the current law concerns all public spaces BUT restaurants, cafés and casinos. This of course bears no relation whatsoever with the fact that presidential and parliamentary elections are due this spring and that restaurateurs and café managers are one of the right's traditional constituencies. As a matter of fact, restaurants, cafés and discos can wait until Jan 08 to apply the law. Après moi, le déluge!
