No more smoking in public spaces!

[Jvanka]

Argentina just passed this new law, smoking is banned now in all public spaces.
http://www.clarin.com/sociedad/salud/Solo-podra-fumar-lugares-abiertos_0_491950898.html

 

[mendozanow]

Unenforceable. Argentina has the best laws in the world, like the Glaciar protection law against mining and the common laws like stopsign laws, but they are not enforced.

 

[Holden]

Right.. didn't they pass this law a few years ago for bars and restaurants? That lasted about 2 weeks... but it was a nice 2 weeks... maybe we will get 3 weeks out of this latest law....

 

[Iexcell]

we were at Gibraltar and all smoked up

 

[French jurist]

I don't agree, smoking prohibition is not perfectly enforced but it is quite well enforced though (considering too the specific Argentinean trait of hacerse el vivo).

It's going into the right direction : when I arrived here (2003), it was allowed to smoke in carpeted auction houses (now don't even try).

When I arrived here, that was 6 months I had quit cigs (started late : 21 y/o) mainly because of the price (around 5 EUR).
Late 2003 here, the pack price of Marlboro Light was 0.80 peso (or was it 1.80?).
Today, I'm a heavy smoker, that sucks (doubly actually ).

--> If you raise the price substantially, you'll get the best effects

 

[Johnny]

I believe it's just the lower house of congress that passed that bill. Far from being law yet. Someone correct me if I am wrong.