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gregdedman said:Caminando, I don't suppose those two guys you mention were Spanish, about 55-60 years old and one had a bushy white beard?
These two black crows shadowed me for two weeks last month smoking drugs in the municipal albergues, singing at 5am and inappropriately offending many female pilgrims in female bathrooms!
grayland said:I Don't Smoke!
Sometimes I wonder if some people have a much greater smoker phobia than others and can spot even the smallest incident from afar.
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Actually, heavy smoke does bother me as it does others. Casinos are a good example of this.
However....my comments were meant to indicate that in my experience the smoke problem is very limited along the Camino. I saw no smoking in the Albergues. I was not ever bothered by smokers at dinner or along the way..either time.
It seems that this thread would put the fear of "smoke" into those who are planning when the actual experience Will probable be something else. It should be even less with the new law.
Just my personal experience. You all may have been stalked by smokers. :wink:
grayland said:"I never saw anyone walking and smoking. How close do you have to be behind someone for it to be a problem?"
PeteW said:Yes the big question is how will it be enforced.
grayland said:"
I guess that some people are a great deal more sensitive to smokers and seem to notice them every time. I do have friends that do this at home. They can spot someone smoking from a block away.
Rebekah Scott said:But that idea also flies directly into the face of another wonderfully Spanish conundrum: Marijuana in small amounts, for personal use, is legal in Spain. You can even grow your own without fear of arrest. But if you BUY or SELL any, they´ll come and take you away.
But are you really a "non-smoker of 9 years"? I have the impression that your environment is still smoke-filled ( some of your" best friends" have the habit) so you are effectively not truly smoke-free hence casual second-hand smoke does not trouble you as much as it does other people. I have never smoked but I consider that it took about 10 years of being out of my (smoking) parents' home and then the Royal Air Force before I became so "allergic" to smokers' spoiling my enjoyment of a meal.mmm...well, i am from California, the first state in the US to pass strict law's about smoking in bars etc.......i think it should be up to the individual business owner.....no exceptions.....if you choose to work there, your choice, or you can work in a non smoking bar.....same with eating establishments...im sorry people die from second hand smoke..im sorry that people die from auto exhaust....im sorry people die from alcohol......im sorry people die from over-eating......im sorry people die from political oppression....but giving the government more power over our personal choices is not the answer.....i am an ex-smoker of 9 years, and in my two camino's i have enjoyed, the other smokers have never bothered me....in fact, some of my best friends are tabacco smokers... :mrgreen: Buen Camino.....
This is a 7 year old thread...
People have been smoking on the camino since the 1500's. Lets not get too crazy about itThis is a 7 year old thread...
Actually interesting to read this again. Has there been any further ruling about smoking outside cafes etc? We have been in some places where they stood in the doorway so smoke drifted inside. If sitting outside we check which way the wind is blowing. Good to be able to eat in comfort inside since this law came in.This is a 7 year old thread...
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