Smoking Ban

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From today, it is illegal to smoke in Restaurants, Bars, Lokantas and Tea Houses

Will it be enforced ??, I don't know, the first part of the law is being mainly ignored in Istanbul.

The Law states that smoking is illegal under any structure that is covered, and not specifically what structures.

So under this ambiguous Law, taking it to the n'th degree, you could be prosecuted for smoking in an open sided covered bus stop,your house,your patio if covered, and wait for it,

a sun parasol round your pool or on the beach, you have been warned.
This interpretation of the law has nothing to do with me, it was published some time ago by a University Professor in Istanbul

The smoking ban does not include Police Stations, so if you want to smoke indoors, get yourself arrested.

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HOW TO BY-PASS THE SMOKING BAN

Mehmet Kayadibi, a partner in a coffee shop, tells how the hoses are used.
Just after a bit of creativity was used to circumvent new restrictions on advertising alcohol, coffee shop owners are showing that similar ingenuity can be applied to find ways around the new smoking ban that came into effect July 19.

Suat Karakaya, who has managed his coffee shop for 15 years and is himself a smoker, is attracting customers with a homemade mechanism he created with two hoses. After drilling two holes in a window, he passed two thin hoses through each. A lit cigarette is attached to the end of one hose that is outside the building while the customer smokes from the other end in the comfort of the establishment; the offending cigarette never needs to be inside. The second hose is used for the smoker to dispel the smoke back outside the building.
“We smoke. Because we play games in the coffee shop, we have to constantly take a smoking break,” Karakaya said. “This is what we came up with as a solution.”

He said their inspiration for the mechanism was nargile, the local version of a water pipe or hookah.

Many regulars seem happy with the invention. Naci Ahýs, who has smoked for 35 years, said the hose-solution was practical in summers but could pose problems in winter. “We may have to drill holes into the wall to smoke in winter,” Ahýs said. “The ban will not stop us smoking.”

Murat Keleþoðlu, another happy customer, said: “It is a good method, and it is the only solution. We call on authorities to allow us to have a smoking section.”

Mehmet Kayadibi, a partner in the coffee shop, said: “There is no lack of solutions in democracy. We are doing fine with the hoses for now.”

He said that in winter, customers would not be able to go outside and smoke. “We will have to attach a hose to every table,” he said.
All five of his tables in the shop used to be full, said Kayadibi, noting that nowadays only one table is full.

Kayadibi said their method was legal because no smoke was exhaled into the shop. “We will find out what find out what the authorities think after the inspection,” he added. ;D ;D ;D