fumer a interdit

oui, c'est vrai! restaurants, bars, cafes and nightclubs will have until january 2008 to adjust.

did you hear me? SMOKING IS BEING BANNED IN PUBLIC PLACES IN FRANCE. here, look at the article. it's old, i know, but recently in le parisien (a big newspaper here) they had a big "90 JOURS" across the front, and we just talked about it in french today (we all still suck at french, so it wasn't a particularly enlightening discussion, but no matter).

my god, the parisians are going to freak out. they LOVE to smoke. i talked about it before. and i'm not just going off of stereotypes here...when i go to the cafes or clubs, it's so smoky that i look around to make sure nothing's on fire. then i realize it's just the ends of the cigarettes (which isn't much better).

i think this is great news. je deteste fumer! it's icky and smells bad and some other more grown up reasons to hate smoking. i just hope the french don't get too pissy. i'd be afraid they'd take it to the streets.