Jos? Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, the spanish prime ministe was not too long ago found smoking a traditional cigarette not and electronic cigarettes on his presidential plane that shows that it's not because the Spanish elite doesn't like smoking. Rather, the smoking ban is playing an unique political role. Ban something is what the state can do these days. While the Spanish state may be impotent to have an affect on the economic crisis, the smoking ban is the kind of move it can take to 'improve the public health' and increase its authority. Greece - the other European country feeling the brunt of the economic crisis and having its economic policy dictated by commissioners in Brussels - also passed a smoking ban a short time ago. The Greek prime minister said that the ban would 'change people's perceptions and behaviour, and improve their quality of life'.
The transfer in the position of the state, from the legislation of economic life to the regulation of informal social life is what we see with the distribute of smoking bans around Europe. Bring through procedures such as smoking bans in bars and cafes (even though 40 per cent or more of their populations smoked) and sell off their public industries are the patterns for the new Eastern entrants to the EU. when the state cannot make things occur, it can at least stop people from doing things, is that we see obviously, in Spain and Greece, that the ban is the las refuge of public politicy. The lifestyle ban is the thing that can be done at a stroke to change social life.The smoking ban is one of a growing collection of Spanish bans. The Basque region recently forbidden people from smoking in their cars if a minor is present.
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