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02/06/2009, 13:20 PaulT Joined on 13/09/2006 Surrey & 31 (near Boulogne sur Gesse) Posts 693 Smoking at Restaurants Was at a restaurant last week (by the lake at Montrejeau) sitting at one of the tables outside. There were a couple at another table smoking and during the meal the waitress came and put an ashtray on each of the outside tables. Is it legal to smoke at a table outside a restaurant or was this blatant law breaking? Paul Was P2    Report

02/06/2009, 13:32 JohnRoss Joined on 27/05/2008 Deux Sevres Posts 769 Re: Smoking at Restaurants It is certainly allowed at our local restaurant I am glad to say. That sort of American/U. K. hysteria as not yet affected this part of France! You would be in more danger from passing traffic fumes......................................JR    Report

02/06/2009, 13:38 Clair Joined on 23/08/2004 Real Virtual French Person & Moderator - Lot (46) Posts 11,500 Re: Smoking at Restaurants Smoking is allowed on the terraces of bars, cafés and restaurants, when the terraces are not covered or when the cover is open. Clair The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. Paradise Lost - John Milton    Report

02/06/2009, 20:22 Cendrillon Joined on 19/10/2007 S.E. England & S.W.France Posts 1,016 Re: Smoking at Restaurants  Clair wrote: Smoking is allowed on the terraces of bars, cafés and restaurants, when the terraces are not covered or when the cover is open. Yes, same thing happens in the U.K. too. Just as you decide it is a nice day and it would be great to sit outside for your meal you then find you are surrounded by the smokers. grrrrr! Cendrillon    Report

02/06/2009, 20:43 Apero Joined on 13/12/2005 Posts 146 Re: Smoking at Restaurants All for smoke free restos, just sit up wind from smokers when you eat outside. Smokers now freeze their ....... off smoking outside when non-smokers are snug inside in the winter as it's illegal to do so inside.  I do like a nice cigar after a lovely meal though and will continue to enjoy one outside; as it's legal to do so. Honey I'm home (for a while)    Report

03/06/2009, 7:46 ali-cat Joined on 15/12/2005 Charente Maritime Posts 1,264 Re: Smoking at Restaurants  Cendrillon wrote:  Clair wrote: Smoking is allowed on the terraces of bars, cafés and restaurants, when the terraces are not covered or when the cover is open. Yes, same thing happens in the U.K. too. Just as you decide it is a nice day and it would be great to sit outside for your meal you then find you are surrounded by the smokers. grrrrr! I don't want to sound to blunt – but tough! I would imagine you sit, during the winter months laughing & sniggering at smokers that are forced to go outside to have a cigarette because of the new smoking laws, but now the summer months are here it's not quite so funny. I wonder if the polls to ban smoking had been held in the summer would they have given the same results. Just goes to show you should be careful what you wish for. Many years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this.    Report

03/06/2009, 8:04 Iceni Joined on 23/08/2004 Lot 46 Posts 3,633 Re: Smoking at Restaurants  Cendrillon wrote:  Clair wrote: Smoking is allowed on the terraces of bars, cafés and restaurants, when the terraces are not covered or when the cover is open. Yes, same thing happens in the U.K. too. Just as you decide it is a nice day and it would be great to sit outside for your meal you then find you are surrounded by the smokers. grrrrr! And you are surrounded by them when you sit inside as well. Perhaps the law should be extended to ban smokers from entering any building that a non-smoker is likely to enter ? John    Report

03/06/2009, 8:23 Bugsy Joined on 15/11/2006 Vienne (86) The Nice Bit Posts 5,925 Re: Smoking at Restaurants  Iceni wrote: And you are surrounded by them when you sit inside as well. Perhaps the law should be extended to ban smokers from entering any building that a non-smoker is likely to enter ? John Why not just shoot them all, why you're at it Whether you self-righteous non-smokers like it or not, the practice is still a legal activity, so perhaps a bit of tolerance is in order ..................................fat chance, I guess. Typed while sitting outside with my laptop, a coffee and, yes, a cigarette .......................because I still can. . "Growing Old is Inevitable - Growing up is Totally Optional"    Report

03/06/2009, 8:29 Cendrillon Joined on 19/10/2007 S.E. England & S.W.France Posts 1,016 Re: Smoking at Restaurants "I would imagine you sit, during the winter months laughing & sniggering at smokers that are forced to go outside to have a cigarette because of the new smoking laws, but now the summer months are here it's not quite so funny." Ali-cat I don't think I said anything about "laughing and sniggering" where on earth did you get that idea from? All I ask is to be able to eat my meal without cigarette smoke being constantly puffed across my food and the table where I am sitting. Cendrillon    Report

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