Smoking ban - will this be coming to Poland like other EU countries?

i smoke but I am not addicted... OK I guess you are thinking I'm deluded, but seriously this is how I feel. I took up smoking only a few years ago.. I smoke an average of 3-5 cigarettes a day, mostly in the evening. I never smoke in the morning or even day time except for weekends. I often go for 2 or 3 weeks without any cigarettes and then have one when I feel like it. Im not saying its a good thing, but I enjoy it now and again even though I know its bad for me and dont feel I would have any problem quitting for good if I chose to do so.

You should enforce the smoking ban. Filthy habit. The pubs are much much fresher, cleaner and healthier! The best thing Labour ever did and that's saying something!

I dunno if it will be across the board. In Pizza Hut here, there was segregation which was a move in the right direction but there would be a hug public outcry were there to be an outright ban

There was a huge public outcry from smokers when the government announced plans to ban smoking in public places completely. I support the bans but me and you both know that the government doesn't care what the British people think. I'll give you an example. EU referendum.

Well said Arise_St_George, not having a referendum on the EU issue was farcical.

true ,is a shame :(

Ireland has enforced it for a long time, the Scots since Mar 2006 and England very recently. Poland can do likewise.

We had it in South Africa way before any European country. It really rocks. Restaurants are seggregated with sealed off ventilated sections for smokers. Its probably the only positive thing this corrupt government here has ever done.

The European way is to put the smokers outside in the rain, and sometimes even shoo them away from the building. Indoor smoking areas looks a bit too civilised.

When I was at a particular place in Berlin recently there was what can be best described as a garden shed for smokers. This shed was quite big, had seating and was tastefully decorated with cigarette packets from around the world.

It came in useful during hurricane Emma, last weekend.

Well when I was in Frankfurt this summer you could light up as soon as you got off the plane. Munchen was the same.

The no smoking rule came in January 1st. There is/was a period of grace for a few months.

Where I live, people have spent thousands of dollars on the smoking rooms in restaurants so they are very effective and completely separate from the non-smoking rooms

Oh that sucks.It was really nice smoking everywhere. But I guess all the non smokers hated it.

I think you can't smoke in the terminals in Frankfurt but you can still smoke in the airport, I remember seeing a non smoking sign and then a few feet away a smoking station.

This is the good thing about Germany. At the railway stations there is always a smoking area at the end of the platform. There is the same at Poznan main station, Poland.

I'm not familiar with airports.

It's probably changed but when I was flying out they had a smoking area at the terminal by the door to go on the plane

Ive just come back from Africa... in many countries there (not SA) you can smoke anywhere in the airport terminal, even in the departure lounge or on the runway. I can remember when you used to be able to smoke on planes too..imagine that now.

In the UK lots of pub and restaurant owners invested in expensive patio heaters to encourage smokers to still use their facilities and combat the dreadful weather here. Now the government is trying to ban the use of these heaters as it is said that they contribute to global warming. Surely someone could invent some 'green' outdoor heating? I wonder what they will ban next..the internet maybe?

In our school students musn`t smoke but teacher can smoke. They smoke in special room. When students want smoke they must go outdoors of school. In summer it is nice and warm but winter is cold.

Students many times wanted to have special rooom for smoking but they didn`t.

Now they make no smoking for everybody in shcool and it is fair. No students, no teachers smoking.

where do you live Jez? Doesnt sound like the teachers were setting a very good example to the students before.

It a small town in the mauntains, Gorlice. I go to the high school. Yes, teachers give students egxample but studetns can`t smoke. It is not fair play.

I'm from California and have brought this terrible, boringly healthy habit of non-smoking to my restaurant and wine/cocktail bar known as "La luz" in Wroclaw. It's inside what some say is the oldest building in the city, a 13th century guard tower. I'm quite sure that we are the first non-smoking restaurant in the city but one can, of course, smoke outside of the tower by the front door and in the summer garden to open soon. We specialize in Mexican kitchen, Italian antipasti and a bit of Spanish cooking too. I'm, in fact, looking for some tips on making tapas. I lived in Barcelona for a long time too.

You can find out more at the web link: laluz.pl.

A non-smoking campaign has already declared some 300 eating and drinking spots as non-smoking areas: nwe.pl/National.php?article_id=434

I have to say their choice of sponsor does seem strangely unsurprising.

I'll make sure that I don't go to your place then. I support places for smokers and non-smokers. I smoke and expect to be able to smoke when I go out. I won't go to a non-smoking area and smoke. Pity that non-smokers go to smoking areas and complain about people smoking.

including the staff?

I'd love to have seen the reaction of common Irish folk to the change. Having a cig and a Guinness was normal after work behaviour. To outlaw it was a touch controversial

I've been to the "Stade de France" (France national stadium) a few times... and i hated the fact of watching the game with 2 men blowing their cigarettes smoke at my face... I don't smoke personally, why should i be forced to ? :)

What I can't understand is that there are still so many places when smokers can legally pose a threat to my health and bear no consequences! Why should I be forced to breathe in the cigarette smoke when I go out? If you want to kill yourselves with fags, I don't mind - just don't pester non-smokers with your disgusting addiction!

Like where and what kind of consequences would you like them to bear? If you dont like it then dont go to those places. I respect non-smokers and I think that most smokers also do, but its a pity that non-smokers dont show smokers the same level of respect. It is called (or should be) freedom of choice.

They are now banning alcohol on public transport in London... although I dont think its a bad idea, I wonder what will be next.

I'd have to think about it. What I had in mind was that forcing me to inhale carcinogenic smoke is equally dangerous as poisoning me or beating me up, which is normally punishable.


Are you suggesting I should stop going out? There are NO clubs in my city where smoking is banned! I'm too young to sit at home and wait till the situation changes! :/