Smoking Rules

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Germans love to make and follow rules.  One that's known country-wide is that it's verboten to ride two to a one-person bicycle.  In fact, people are always sharing (reciting) rules to me.  As far as I can tell, the one rule that people seem to lightly toss out the window is the ban on smoking rule.  After the EU initiative to reduce smoking there was a ban on indoor smoking in Germany.  A few years later, people are back to smoking in restaurants, cafes, and pubs.

The smoking in non-smoking venues is arguably at par with the Italians.

Here's a guy who may or may not be smoking legally while on the job:




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