Originally Posted by
caspritz78
That's because for Example Bavaria introduced a very strict smoking ban which caused more problems than it helped. It was just unrealistic. So they have to relax it a bit to make it work. Still smoking will be banned in most restaurants and bars.
Why is a strict smoking ban unrealistic?
Here in the UK it's simple... if it's someone's workplace and it's got a roof on and walls on at least two sides then you can't smoke. No exceptions. And it works!
I think it's the exceptions that cause the problems...