"New Prohibit smoking in the hospitality industry"

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"Because we know that show smoking does smoking, the increase in the number of smoking areas is an encouragement to smoke. That's not the way we wanted to when we together agreed to a smoke-free hospitality would be the new standard, "says Stout-Faber.

And so there should be a ban on new smoking in the hospitality industry, she says. As of next year would respect its new smoking longer be created.

QUARTER

Earlier this month, research from the Dutch Food Safety Authority (NVWA) that a quarter of the bars and clubs have a special smoking area. In 2009 this was 10 percent. Even Secretary of State Martin van Rijn (Health) said himself when to worry about the growing number of smoking to the smoker in his offer an alternative.

Die annually in the Netherlands under the NVWA several thousand people from secondhand smoke. Among smokers, the number of deaths from smoking 20,000 per year.

Earnings

Thick-Faber, however, dismisses concerns not only the health of smokers and passive smokers. It also bothers her that the huge smoking areas full of entertainment in large venues are an "earnings." In the case of Holland Casino is even a gaming tables, know Thick-Faber. These are according to its really just full of smoke pubs.

"That should, according to the letter of the law, but does not fit with what the House had in mind with the smoke-free restaurants. Smoking in the hospitality industry becomes a revenue model for the bigger occasions. Smaller restaurants, which do not have the space or the money to make a smoking room are there to suffer. "

'HYPOCRITE'

Show Naber, chairman of Royal Horeca Netherlands, sees nothing in the proposal. If Parliament really wants a smoking nightlife, the sales of tobacco should just ban, says Naber. "And leveled loss on excise duty. But not suit the sector that will facilitate smoking, which is the case now. We can just mention hypocritical. ''

http://www.metronieuws.nl/nieuws/ Bianca Brasser Photo: Subway