'No Smoking' at MAN

[perkin]

The enclosed smoking area in MAN T1 has met its end and is now a coffee shop. AFAIK there will be no smoking airside anywhere as I'm not aware of any airports which offer any totally open spaces after security...

[candoo]

Where do all the "orange jackets" now congregate at Luton as the area by gates 1-9 appears to be smog free!

[fyrefli]

Originally Posted by SXB

Smoking was banned in public places a few months ago in France, though bars and restaurants are exempt until the end of the year. It doesn't seem to have had a huge effect as people ignore it, I saw quite a few people smoking in various places in CDG last week, including the people who work there.

Ah, but that's the problem, the Europeans aren't as absolutist as the Brits. It's like in the Netherlands where you're not supposed to smoke at most gigs but people neither completely ignore it nor obey it - instead they seem to generally moderate their smoking; and mainly smoke joints, obviously Whereas in the UK we now have people wandering around with cameras on their heads on the spot fining people 70 quid for stubbing out a cigarette butt