Infringements of Irish smoking ban are few
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Public acceptance of the smoking ban in Ireland has been strong, although a handful of infringements have occurred.
The first pub to defy the workplace smoking ban in Ireland was Fibber Magee's, located in the main square of Galway city, one of the country's top tourist destinations. Its owners decided to allow customers to smoke on a quiet Monday night in June.
According to co-owner Ciaran Levanzin only four customers were in the pub at the time. "The next thing text messages were flying, and the place started to fill up," he said.
With the implementation of the national smoking ban on 28 March this year, the pub's decision was controversial and illegal. Within 48 hours, and facing High Court action, the owners backed down.
Two weeks later the owner of a small pub on an island off the Galway coast became the first publican to be convicted for a breach of the Public Health Tobacco Act 2004. Padraig Folan was fined 1200 (￡800; $1500), less than the maximum penalty of 3000, when three customers were found sitting smoking in his bar at Lettermore, County Galway.
But these isolated incidents are very much the exception. Romance is blossoming among young people congregating for a quick smoke outside Ireland's pubs. "Smirting" is the new word for the combination of smoking and flirting.(Muiris Houston)
Public acceptance of the smoking ban in Ireland has been strong, although a handful of infringements have occurred.
The first pub to defy the workplace smoking ban in Ireland was Fibber Magee's, located in the main square of Galway city, one of the country's top tourist destinations. Its owners decided to allow customers to smoke on a quiet Monday night in June.
According to co-owner Ciaran Levanzin only four customers were in the pub at the time. "The next thing text messages were flying, and the place started to fill up," he said.
With the implementation of the national smoking ban on 28 March this year, the pub's decision was controversial and illegal. Within 48 hours, and facing High Court action, the owners backed down.
Two weeks later the owner of a small pub on an island off the Galway coast became the first publican to be convicted for a breach of the Public Health Tobacco Act 2004. Padraig Folan was fined 1200 (￡800; $1500), less than the maximum penalty of 3000, when three customers were found sitting smoking in his bar at Lettermore, County Galway.
But these isolated incidents are very much the exception. Romance is blossoming among young people congregating for a quick smoke outside Ireland's pubs. "Smirting" is the new word for the combination of smoking and flirting.(Muiris Houston)