NRC HANDELSBLAD INTERNATIONAL: The Dutch high court has upheld the smoking ban, overturning two rulings by lower courts that allowed one-man cafes to let their patrons smoke inside on Tuesday.
The owners of smaller bars had taken their cases to court because, they said, they were not breaking the Dutch anti-smoking law, introduced in 2008. Unlike other countries, the Netherlands’ smoking ban is based on the right of employees to work in a smoke free environment. Owners of small bars who don’t employ staff argued this made them exempt from the ban. >>> NRC Handelsblad News Staff | Tuesday, February 23, 2010
NRC HANDELSBLAD INTERNATIONAL: Why only the Dutch resist the smoking ban: Smoking bans have been well accepted in almost all countries that introduced them. Except in the Netherlands, where resistance has been high and public support is waning. Three experts try to explain why. >>> Onno van Schayck, Hein de Vries and Marc Willemsen | Friday, May 29, 2009
