Amsterdam Smoking Ban!

On Jun 29, 1:46 am, d4g...@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
(*)) wrote:

> As long as they stop smoking in restaurants and bars, I don't think I
> personally care! :)

Went out for a meal last night for the first time since the smoking
ban was introduced - it was heaven!!

Well, as close to heaven as you can get in a Dutch restaurant,
anyway ..

B;.

On Jul 4, 10:03 pm, d4g...@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
(*)) wrote:
> Jim Ley <j...@jibbering.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 19:24:47 +0100, d4g...@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne,
> > _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:
>
> > >Mister B <jeremyrh....@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > >> On Jun 29, 1:46 am, d4g...@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
> > >> (*)) wrote:
>
> > >> > As long as they stop smoking in restaurants and bars, I don't think I
> > >> > personally care! :)
>
> > >> Went out for a meal last night for the first time since the smoking
> > >> ban was introduced - it was heaven!!
>
> > >Luckily, we didn't have much of a problem with smoke on the last short
> > >trip to NL,
>
> > I found holland a lot more annoying on wed-fri this week, the tran
> > station platforms are now completely overrun with people smoking, it
> > was so much more noticeable than in other visits, it was really
> > annoying (Of course I have spent lots of time on train platforms these
> > last few days.)
>
> Is that permitted? I forget...

It is in "smoking zones", but these don't have defined boundaries.

B;

On Jul 4, 10:21 pm, d4g...@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
(*)) wrote:
> Jim Ley <j...@jibbering.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 21:03:02 +0100, d4g...@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne,
> > _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:
>
> > >Jim Ley <j...@jibbering.com> wrote:
> > >> I found holland a lot more annoying on wed-fri this week, the tran
> > >> station platforms are now completely overrun with people smoking, it
> > >> was so much more noticeable than in other visits, it was really
> > >> annoying (Of course I have spent lots of time on train platforms these
> > >> last few days.)
>
> > >Is that permitted? I forget...
>
> > There are still smokring zones on the platform, but it's just an area,
> > and people spread out all around them and well away.
>
> How annoying. They should be banned in all stations etc. I'm surprised
> that hasn't happened. I still notice people catching a fly smoke in
> uncovered areas on UK platforms (it's banned in any station) but that's
> happening a _lot_ less. Nothing a £50 fine per discarded butt wouldn't
> fix... :)

I noticed this morning that smoking is now completely banned in
Schiphol.

Which is nice.

B;

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 06:13:11 -0700 (PDT), Mister B <jeremyrh.geo@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>On Jun 29, 1:46 am, d4g...@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
>(*)) wrote:
>
>> As long as they stop smoking in restaurants and bars, I don't think I
>> personally care! :)
>
>Went out for a meal last night for the first time since the smoking
>ban was introduced - it was heaven!!
>
>Well, as close to heaven as you can get in a Dutch restaurant,
>anyway ..

.... did you take a packed lunch?
--

Martin