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Bristle Boy:
I used to be a smoker - gave up 20+ years ago.
My wife and I have v much enjoyed the smoking ban in the UK in bars and restaurants and i genuinely cant believe that smoking was legal in bars and restaurants a few years ago.
As for abroad in Europe the ban varies.
In Portugal where we go on the Algarve some bars are allowed a smoking and non-smoking zone; crazy thing is an indoor bar can still allow smoking in a designated area - as u can imagine in a busy bar the smoke soon invades the non-smoking area.

In many Greek bars we've been in they dont seem to take much notice or enforce any ban.

In Fuerteventura where we've been a number of times in recent years most bars/restaurants do enforce it - outside is where people are allowed to smoke. And that's v nice for us.

If we were sat in a bar whilst on hols abroad, in a no-smoking area and someone lit up i'd probably say something and if the person continued i'd probably grab the ciggie and crush it.
If i was outside eating and someone lit up on the table next to me and the smoke was encroaching on us whilst eating i'd politely ask the 'offender' to move; if he/she didnt and the smoke continued to directly affect us i'd probably grab the ciggie and crush it.

Jimbo:
Bristle Boy - some years ago Gillie and I were in Stoupa and we went for supper in a taverna overlooking the sea. We picked a table on the edge. There was a boat moored below and the diesel had spilled. The smell was very strong. There were very few people in the place and we moved to a table in the middle, quite a long way from the only other couple.

Towards the end of the evening, one of the two diners (shaved head, piggy eyes) came over and said that our smoking had ruined their evening. I pointed out that (a) we were quite a long way from them (b) there was a jerry-can leaking diesel and that was what had tainted everyone's supper. He threatened to throw me on the rocks twenty feet below. I told him to go and do something proverbial to himself.

As he was grabbing me the staff rushed over and restrained him - profoundly puzzled by this - as most Greeks are - shouting "It's outside!!!"

Quite right - ask people politely not to do what they are perfectly entitled to do. Very politely. Remember that this is a request, not a legal requirement.

I think Tony and Linda will testify that when asked if they minded us smoking, and they said please don't, we did not. We didn't complain. The company was more important than the cigarette.

 If I can move, so can you. Somewhat depends upon who sat down first.

Gavlah1973:
Fancy a pint Jim?!

Jimbo:
Yeah - I'll have a pint of Brakspeare, please.

Gavlah1973:
Oxford Gold?

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