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Phil_K
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| I guess everyone is going to take full advantage of the 6 month grace period. |
...enforce it for the 2 weeks after that when there will be numerous checks (like the Reglamento de Tr�nsito), then ignore it. This is Mexico  |
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M@tt
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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Location: here and there
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that reminds me of a time that a friend invited me to a bar which turned out to be closed for "fire code violation" because it had no emergency exit. about 3 weeks later it reopened and absolutely nothing about the physical structure of the place had been changed at all. still one exit only.
i would love to be the fire marshall, he must be insanely rich. |
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Guy Courchesne
Joined: 10 Mar 2003
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| Turns out at least one place in DF has decided to outright ban smoking instead of installing sealed-off cancer wards. The jazz club we hit this past weekend...no smoking at all inside. One would think jazz and a smokey scene go hand in hand. I'll admit it was nicer to be smoke-free. |
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Phil_K
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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| I'll admit it was nicer to be smoke-free. |
Not for the smokers! In that case I'm glad I didn't waste my $100. I would've walked out and demanded a refund.  |
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Guy Courchesne
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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We smokers did alright, simply stepping outside for a butt. Could still see and hear the band from just outside the door.
Now, they might have wanted to ban heated political discussion along with smoking. We were shushed by the crowd towards the end of the eve. |
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MO39
Joined: 28 Jan 2004
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Location: El ombligo de la Rep�blica Mexicana
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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| I'll admit it was nicer to be smoke-free. |
Not for the smokers! In that case I'm glad I didn't waste my $100. I would've walked out and demanded a refund. |
But you would have missed out on an evening of wonderful music. And you wouldn't have been able to storm out and demand a refund because we weren't asked to pay the cover charge till we were about to leave after spending several hours enjoying ourselves. |
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MELEE
Joined: 22 Jan 2003
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Location: The Mexican Hinterland
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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| I saw this article on the BBC that they've since an increase in the number of smokers quit, and a drop in cigarette sales since the UK's ban went into place. |
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Phil_K
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:23 pm Post subject: |
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From the BBC article:
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Quitters were defined as those who, by their own account, were still not smoking four weeks after treatment.
According to public health specialists, perhaps as many as 50% of those will however be smoking again six months later. |
Even Hitler won some battles before being defeated. |
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TheLongWayHome
Joined: 07 Jun 2006
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Location: San Luis Piojosi
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Why on earth would anyone smoke in the UK? Who can afford it? When I left it was getting on for 5 quid a packet, can't imagine how much it is now. |
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john_n_carolina
Joined: 26 Feb 2006
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Location: n. carolina
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| Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:12 am Post subject: |
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How about extending it to personal houses and cars too? (Irony) |
....we already started here in Maine....it's illegal to smoke in your car, if children are present. (under 16) |
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kosherpickle
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Even Hitler won some battles before being defeated. |
Godwined! |
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Phil_K
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| Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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�Qu�?
I went into 3 local tienditas this morning to buy some Marlboro Rojos without success, in the fourth I found them. The owner told me that the abarrotes are waiting for permission to sell cigarettes as a new law is in force where there are a lot of schools in the area.
The nanny state arrives in Mexico. |
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Guy Courchesne
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Went to a seafood restaurant today, and over one of the arches inside was painted this quote:
"Quien no fuma ni toma se muere en perfecta salud'"
In English, 'He who neither smokes nor drinks dies in perfect health'.
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wildchild
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...just not as early. 20 years is not insignificant. or is it?  |
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kosherpickle
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