[junetta]

Why do the British always obey rules to the letter? The ban on smoking in public places started in Spain on the first of January this year and I admit that I can´t have a ciggie in the bank or the post office but most bars still allow it.

As long as a notice is displayed stating that it´s a ´smoking bar´ it´s legal. The only place I go to where there is a complete ban is the English run Bowling Alley!

I was talking to a couple of girls from Scotland today and they told me that they aren´t allowed outside a nightclub after midnight and can´t have a smoke until they leave at three. Why?? They pay their entrance fee so why can´t they light up?

Classing myself as a polite smoker, I wouldn´t dream of smoking whilst people were eating, neither would I smoke in someone´s house or in their car but as far as I´m concerned a beer and a fag go together and I just can´t imagine supping half of Stella without a ciggie.

Back to the original question.......there is no way I would give up. Tried it once and didn´t like it.