Passive smoking in Paceville

After several weeks of absence, a few days ago I decided to go to Paceville. It was quite an enjoyable evening of friends, music and dancing. Oh, and cigarettes of course!

Now, I do not smoke, but after a few minutes inside a bar, the stench on me was saying otherwise. And then came the “morning after Paceville”, where my hair, clothes and bedroom stank as though I had spent the evening smoking a packet. Not to mention the breathing consequences: sneezing, coughing and a very irritable thoat.

This story repeats itself with my every venture to Paceville’s bars and discos; pity there is no law in Malta prohibiting smoking in enclosed public spaces...

Oh wait, there is! But apparently, this law is there to be ignored.

If it is indeed true that this year the government is giving an extra push against smoking, as quoted in The Times on February 4, then it’s about time a law that was introduced a good eight years ago is taken seriously and enforced.