I know it’s sign of heresy to not want to ban smoking for health reasons, however the facts are that you do give up an atmosphere of a smoky cafe, where fractal patterns of smoke in the air can trigger our basic meta programming.

Who wins this one? I say keep certain cafe smoke free and others not. That gives everyone a win for their side.

Smoking Ban Hits French Cafe Culture: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

PARIS (AP) — From next week, one of France’s most iconic institutions — the smoky cafe — will be but a hazy memory.

The extension of France’s smoking ban to bars, discotheques, restaurants, hotels, casinos and cafes on Jan. 1 marks a momentous cultural shift in a country where thinkers like Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir once held court while clutching cigarettes in Left Bank cafes.

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