Thursday, September 6, 2012

Lebanon Smoking Ban... Finally!

Here's a news report from BBC News Article by Matt Nash Lebanon, many argue, has bigger fish to fry. So far this summer, the country has dealt with gunbattles in Beirut, warring Sunni and Alawite neighbourhoods in Tripoli, waves of kidnappings, an increase in bank robberies, untold numbers of tyres burned by angry residents blocking roads, and up to 12-hour rolling blackouts linked to an employee strike at the state-owned electricity company. Yet on Monday, the authorities turned their attention to banning smoking inside restaurants, cafes, pubs and nightclubs. Sitting outside the Rabbit Hole pub in Beirut's Hamra neighbourhood, smoking...

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