• March 29, 2024

Dutch antis move to crush last smoking enclaves

The tobacco control organisation Clean Air Nederland (CAN) has said that it is going to court to force the Dutch government to impose a total ban on smoking in cafés, bars and clubs, according to a DutchNews story.

Currently, cafés can allow smoking if they have a suitable sealed-off area.

Clear Air says this goes against the letter of the law and contradicts all the agreements the Netherlands has entered into.

“It is now time that the health and welfare of all café and restaurant guests is taken seriously,” Tom Voeten, chairman of CAN was quoted as telling broadcaster RTL news.

“The concentration of cancer causing substances is unacceptably high in almost all smoking areas.

“Every year, 3,000 non smokers die because of being unwitting passive smokers.”