Switzerland
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Geneva gets tough with smoking ban scofflaws.
The cantonal government this week approved raising the maximum financial
penalty to 60,000 francs, up
from the previous maximum of 1,000 francs. ”A certain establishment does
not care at all about the law
banning smoking.”- said Pierre-Francois Unger, Geneva Health Minister, in defending the new get-tough
policy, the Tribune de Geneve reported. A handful of nightclubs, in particular,
have openly violated the
smoking ban with employees lighting upas well as customers. The Java Club,
a popular hangout for young
people in the Hotel Kempinski, became the focus of controversy earlier this year over reports that it
habitually allowed patrons to smoke.
The canton introduced a law on July 1, 2008, banning smoking in enclosed public places, including bars
and restaurants. The law followed an initiative supported by 80 percent
of Geneva voters. However,
some restaurant and nightclub operators have been reluctant to accept the
regulation.
Geneva’s legislation is designed to protect workers, residents and visitors
from the health impacts of
second-hand smoke. It is one of the cantons with the strongest such laws, but nationally Switzerland
still lags behind other European countries when it comes to smoking bans
in public places. Last year,
two-thirds of Swiss voters rejected an initiative to tighten national regulations.
That left minimal federal
requirements in place that allow for smoking in restaurants, nightclubs
and “fumoirs”, or smoking rooms,
unless otherwise specified by individual cantons.
Reference: 14 Jun 2013 Source:The Local
Geneve
 
(L) A tobacco shop in the Geneve Main Station (R) No-smoking sign includes
a pipe smoking.
A sign plate showed the words of 'Member of Society of Cafeteria, Restaurant
and Hotel of Geneva.'
 
(L) A notice of no-smoking sign issued by Republique et Canton de Genneve,
pasted at the entrance of a tobacco shop
(R) A cafe in the Geneva Railway Station shows a no-smoking sign.
A coin laundry with a no-smoking sign in Geneva
 
(L) A stand ashtray placed at the entrance of a hotel in Geneva (R) A woman
was smoking at the tram-stop shelter.
 
(L) Hookah smokers at a cafe-bar in Geneva (R) A woman smoker at a train-stop
in front of Geneve Main Station
Stricter smoking ban at Geneva Airport
In December 1997, Geneva International Airport introduced a no-smoking
policy in its buildings, although
a few smoking areas were kept. From January 2007, in order to safeguard the health of its customers and
of airport staff, Geneva International Airport is applying a strict general
smoking ban in all its buildings.
Specifically, smoking is henceforth prohibited in the public area of the
Airport, with no exceptions. Anyone
wishing to smoke is requested to leave the building. In the transit area, a few smoking areas will be retained,
for the time being, since it is impossible for smokers to leave the building.
Eventually, with the future re-
organization of the transit area as a consequence of the new master-plan
for the Airport and the application
of the Schengen Agreement, a brand-new smoking room is due to replace the existing areas. All bars,
restaurants and shops on the airport will similarly become non-smoking.
The smoking ban also applies in
the Airport station, in line with relevant Swiss Railways policy.
Source: Geneva Airport 2007
Smoky Zurich Railway Station
While Geneva introduced a strict ban, which includes bar and restaurants,
Zurich has only outlawed smoking
in public buildings. Many railway passengers are smoking inside the Zurich
Hauptbahnhof. A well-known
side-dish shop
posted the sign that smoking is permitted inside space of the shop.
 
A part of inside of Zurich Main Train Station is full of the side stream
of tobacco smoke,
because many passengers were smoking on a cafe table and around the ashtray.
It is placed in an open public space of the station.
 
(L) It is a very common scene that smokers putting the light on inside
the Zurich Main Satation.
(R) A side-dish shop, Nordsee Zurich HB, posted that smoking is OK inside.
Is it safe to eat cigarette-smoked side dishes?
Smoking is permitted on the plateform of Zurich Main Train Station.
Zurich International Airport
Zurich Airport (German: Flughafen Zurich), is Switzerland's largest international
airport, and the principal
hub of Swiss International Air Lines. It serves Zurich, Switzerland's largest city, and, with its good surface
transport links, much of the rest of the country.
 
An outside smoking place and the sign board
Special smoking lounges are provided for smokers at Zurich Airport. There
are currently 22 smokers lounges.
Sixteen are located in the passenger area, and six in the public area.
Zurich Airport website is publicizing
thatsmokers lounges are the perfect place for smokers to relax in comfortable surroundings and enjoy, with
fascinating views of the aprons and runways.
Duty-Free Tobacco
A duty-free tobacco with a health warning that smokers die younger, smoking
kills, and smoking seriously harms you
and others around you. Th price of Winston per a carton is 39 francs, for
two cartons 70 francs.
A duty-free tobacco with a health warning that smoking kills, and smoking
seriously harms you and others around you.
Th price of Camel per a carton is 44 francs, for two cartons 80 francs.
Bern
  
(L) Tobacco appears to be the social means for a young woman. (M) A designated
smoking area at Bern Railway Station
(R) A cafe table inside of the Bern railway station
Ovronnaz
 
Many young women are smoking in the bus stop shelter near Martigny.
 
No smoking is allowed inside. Smoking is OK at a terrace seat.
  
(L) This store refuse to dog gests in, but allows to smoke inside of the
shop.
(R) An automatic vending machine, which is placed in a cafe.
A tobacco commercial, which is placed in a lobby at the passage of Hotel,
Les Bains D'Ovronnaz.
Do these men work for a tobacco company know that the Marlboro Man died
at the age of 51 from lung cancer?
McLaren worked as a stuntman and rodeo rider before being hired to appear
in ads for Marlboro.
He has long been doing promotional work for the famous Marlboro cigarette
advertising campaign as
the Marlboro Man.
 
Wayne McLaren
The last word he left to his wife; 'Take care of the children. Tobacco
will kill you,
and I'm the living proof of it.'
 
A very attractive super-slim tobacco package, Glamour: It is the leading
cigarette, targeting a young woman.
Glamour is the product of JTI. JTI=Japan Tobacco International
This was bought at Martigny Railway Station shop, Swizterland. The price
was 7.78 Swiss Francs ( 830 yen or 8.28 UDS) .
 
Glamour was introduced in 2005 by JTI. , Glamour has achieved remarkable
growth, consolidating its No.1 position
as a Super Slims brand in several Eastern European and Asian markets, and it is constantly expanding
its geographical presence.
Requirements Relating to Sale and Distribution in USA
- Prohibits the sale of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco to people younger
than 18.
- Prohibits the sale of cigarette packages with fewer than 20 cigarettes.
- Prohibits the sale of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco in vending machines,
- self-service displays, or other impersonal modes of sales.
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
 Switzerland 2008
Basel 2011
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based on-the-spot investigation.
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The photographs were taken in June 2013, the article was written in July
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by Junhaku Miyamoto, M.D., PhD.
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