Hello Mike!

23 Jan 05 19:52, you wrote to me:

 >> How is smoking politics on public places in USA and rest of Europe?

 >> Here it's allowed in most resturants, but it's really a
"buzz" word
 >> for the media at the time .. I'm personally a smoker, I've don't
 >> care about going outside for smoking. But in buildings where there
 >> are special rooms for smoker which is beeing closed, really bothers
 >> me!

 >> Who does these room bothers? Non-smokers is not there..

 MP> Here in America, a lot of those "special rooms" are not really
 MP> separate rooms, and are not well ventilated.

Aha okay. Because ventilation costs?

 MP> Also, if you are a
 MP> non-smoker and like to drink, most bar areas of restaurants are in the
 MP> smoking portion, and the "families" in the non-smoking
area complain
 MP> about the drinkers who try to sit out with them.

Aha? Not sure I understand.

 MP> Here in Kentucky, it is a very hot topic, as Kentucky is a large
 MP> tobacco producing state.

Where the kentucky tobacco is comming from? ;-)

 MP> In some places in Kentucky, the "special
 MP> room" is a rather small one for NON-smokers, while the rest of the
 MP> establishment is for smokers, because there are so many.

Aha, what I thought.

 MP> However,
 MP> Lexington has banned smoking in restaurants and bars (I think) and
 MP> some locak restaurants here in Frankfort have done away with smoking
 MP> areas.

Are you smoking your self?

Bo


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