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i believe the new law is too new to have specifically caused closings already. But there is a huge uprising, where many owners have said they were now over the border of insolvency. I know of specific instances where much larger numbers of complaints from neighbors have been logged, aimed at those outside smoking. (Of course in summer and fall, the smokers tend to stay outside.)

the situation might be a bit different in Germany, with a culture of perhaps more very small traditional pubs.

Here in Bremen,the compromises seem to be working well. But in NRW there was zero compromise.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Mon Sep 2nd, 2013 at 10:06:17 AM EST
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