France moves to stub out smoking
PARIS (AFP) - Part one of a French ban on smoking in public places comes into force on Thursday, covering workplaces, schools and hospitals and setting the clock ticking for smoke-filled cafes and bars which have until next January to kick the habit.
Smokers will now have to stub out on the doorstep of shops, sports clubs and entertainment venues that still allowed smoking, while "smokers' corners" in school staff rooms and hospitals will vanish entirely.
Panicked owners of restaurants, bars, nightclubs and casinos -- anticipating a loss of custom in a country where almost one in three adults is a smoker -- have been given a year to prepare for the minor earthquake.
"From February 1, no one should be forced to breathe other people's smoke," Health Minister Xavier Bertrand said last week. "I am sure that in future our children will find it inconceivable that we used to smoke in offices or schools."
Unruly smokers will face fines of 68 euros (88 dollars) for lighting up in the wrong place, while business owners will be fined 135 euros.
Smokers will now have to stub out on the doorstep of shops, sports clubs and entertainment venues that still allowed smoking, while "smokers' corners" in school staff rooms and hospitals will vanish entirely.
Panicked owners of restaurants, bars, nightclubs and casinos -- anticipating a loss of custom in a country where almost one in three adults is a smoker -- have been given a year to prepare for the minor earthquake.
"From February 1, no one should be forced to breathe other people's smoke," Health Minister Xavier Bertrand said last week. "I am sure that in future our children will find it inconceivable that we used to smoke in offices or schools."
Unruly smokers will face fines of 68 euros (88 dollars) for lighting up in the wrong place, while business owners will be fined 135 euros.
hmm... dunno y but here's a random fact:
jilly can lick her own nose!!!!!! freaky to watch but mondo cool, babe! just to let u know ur thought about often! *hugz*
~*Birthday Wishlist*~
- sunnies!!! Versace if possible... big wrap ard ones!
- SHOES! sneakers... stilettos... wtv... as along as they aren't crocs...*shudders*
- hugs!
- birthday wishes from y'all special ppl... u noe who u r...
- music cd's? i'm totally lacking in tt dept...
- an i pod! 4 fuzzy...
- my ferrari... papa..aa!!!
- a watch tt won't stop..
- a girl can't hav too many earrings, rite?
- square egg-laying chicken!!!
- laptop?
- since ur being so generous... the latest sony cybershot?
- peace on earth! and i don't mean a candle holder!
- the end of cigarettes!!!!
- books! [bet u were wondering when tt would come in]
- outings w all my 'gangs'!
- miracle eye cream tt will be able 2 cure my panda eyes!
- fake tattoo's!
but the thing i wish 4 most is...
- intelligence!!!!
all of a sudden... i'm such a bimbo... i feel so blur in class all d tym... sigh... probably one of d dumbest... but that's the way life is...
i should be studying but somehow... i'm just not in the mood...
nitez...
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