Spain prepares for anti-smoking laws

On Sunday the 2^nd of January Spain will find that smoking a cigarette with a drink at their local bar - has overnight become illegal. One of the laxest anti-smoking laws in Europe will have become one of the strictest, along with that of Ireland.

Spanish smokers will no longer be able to light up in bars, restaurants and cafes as new legislation takes effect that bans smoking in all enclosed public spaces. It will also be illegal to smoke in children's playgrounds and on school or hospital grounds, according to the law, which received final approval from parliament on December 21.

Spain already has an anti-smoking law, in force since January 2006. But it is less restrictive than that in other European countries, which bans smoking in the workplace, on public transport and in shops. It allows owners of bars, restaurants and cafes to decide whether to allow smoking or not. Most, faced with a drop in business, naturally chose to permit their customers to light up.

The new measures take effect nearly seven years after Ireland became the first European country to outlaw smoking in public places, a move that unleashed a domino effect across Europe in favour of smoke-free bars and cafes.

In the UK smoking has been banned since 2007 and has been enforced strictly and all bars and pubs have slowly complied and people have gotten used to it. It has been reported that since the smoking ban in 2007 half the people who where smoking now have quit.

So what seems like a New Year’s resolution for the UK population will be law for the Spanish. But for people who are considering quitting smoking for the New Year Champix has been a big success since its release an even the Government handing Champix out for people who are considered eligible.

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