Who can elaborate on this regarding new Netherlands smoking laws ?
I am not sure if this is a question or an statement, but anyway, Coffeeshops as an entity will not become illegal, but a smoking ban will come into place in July 2008 Indeed I have also seen many interpretations on Y!A of what this will mean, but I tend to stick to the official information via Dutch newspaper/tv’s as being more accurate. Last year at the announcement of this ban the Dutch prime minister made a statement – I have just looked to find this in English now and have here from Reuters which is a reliable source http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoug… “”Coffee shops will be treated in the same manner as other catering businesses. They will be smoke-free,” Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende told NOS television. “It would have been wrong to move towards a smoke-free catering industry and then make an exception for coffee shops. People would not have understood that.” Therefore my
