Smoking in coffee shops will be allowed

Discussion in 'Amsterdam' started by itsamagicallife, Jul 5, 2007.

  1. itsamagicallife

    itsamagicallife Member

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    Wednesday 04 July 2007

    Health minister Ab Klink announced late last night in parliament that coffee shops, where cannabis can be sold legally, will not be threatened by the smoking ban which takes effect on July 1 2008, the Volkskrant reports on Wednesday.

    'If we want to stop our policy of toleration, we should just do so, and not use the ban as an excuse,' he told MPs. However, despite the urging of Labour, centre-left D66 and the Green Left party, coffee shops will not be entirely exempt from the ban.

    Klink insists that the counters where cannabis is sold must be smoke free. But as long as they are divided from the rest of the room, smoking on the premises will be allowed.
     
  2. skip

    skip Founder Administrator

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    So they're going to violate EU law (and their own new law), and continue to subject the health of Coffeeshop patrons to the overwhelming tobacco smoke that mostly Dutch people create in cannabis coffeeshops?

    That's one reason why I rarely hungout indoors in a Coffeeshop, because tobacco smoke makes me ill, while cannabis smoke heals...
     
  3. theoverfienddj

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    All hail the dutch government! I dont understand your point about harming people that work in the coffeeshops health,if thats what you mean? Its there own choice to work there they will allready know the risks of passive smoking.They all have an "i dont give a damn have a great time" attitude and i love it.
     

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