No smoking in Austria

Question for any of you living in Austria or who are in the know - is the no smoking ban to come into effect in Austria in June? I think I read this somewhere but can't remember where.

I just got back from Austria on saturday there and all my clothes were stinking of smoke! And because you can smoke inside pubs and resturants you smoke more.
Someone in my hotel told me the ban was already in place in Austria but due to the amount of ash trays on tables and people smoking I think he was talking s**t.

To be honest I prefer the ban in Scotland and im a smoker.

Swal

Sadly smoking is (for the time being) alive and well in Austria.

However, we operate a 100% non-smoking apartment house and if you read the blog on our website you'll see that I actually evicted a guest for smoking OUTSIDE :) We believe that nature provides enough stimulation and/or relaxation in the mountains to make nicotine redundant!

I don't know what the rule changes are and whether anyone will obey them if they do come in but for this season anyway the smokers continue to inflict their noxious fumes all over me wherever I go :(

The Auhof

Good for you The Auhof,Why have your right to clean fresh air spoilt by ciggy smoke.Although i`m a beliver in each to their own so long as it does`nt infringe on other peoples enjoyment,The key word hear is CONSIDERATION FOR OTHERS.
Your home is your castle and you have every right to say no to smoking,I stopped smoking 13 years ago now and i`m very anti smoking, Especially around my children.
Rant over.........


AJ Adele

Hubby and I are very anti smoking also and NOTHING is worse than standing up a mountain on a crisp, sunny morning and somebody lights up beside you. Or if the people at the next table have just finished eating and light up just as you are about to start eating - now that's really rude. Glad to say that the Kramerwirt Hotel in Mayrhofen had a no-smoking restaurant, not just a no smoking section. It was a refreshing change. I think one of the restaurants on the Raskogel mountain (on blue 4) in Mayrhofen also had a no smoking section.

Good on you Auhof, aside from the couple of places we came across in Mayrhofen, you must be one of the few places to ban smoking. We are also accustomed to the no smoking ban here in N Ireland and it's brill.

That's my rant over as well 8)

Or if the people at the next table have just finished eating and light up just as you are about to start eating - now that's really rude.



Red rag to a bull springs to mind when this happens.



AJ Adele

Not half as bad as the ones who light up whilst they are still eating :twisted:

Is there something wrong with some people?

Just got back from Soll and even the bar staff smoke behind the bar. Can't remember that happening in the U.K.