Smoking to be banned on four Barcelona beaches in pilot test this summer
City council aims to raise awareness of health damage while curbing pollution of the sand and sea
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Smoking ban and restaurant curfew: new coronavirus measures introduced
Spanish health minister agreed the new restrictions after a meeting with regional authorities
Government considers ban on outdoor smoking where distances cannot be guaranteed
Galicia and Canary Islands first adopted measure that applies to both the street and on bar terraces
Barcelona Liceu Opera House to diversify its audience with Suite Festival
The second edition of Suite Festival, hosted and organised by Barcelona Liceu Opera House, will gather together a wide range of international artists such as Paul Anka, Johnny Hallyday, Michel Camilo and Emir Kusturica amongst others. The aim is to attract new audiences and make the Liceu “more social”, stated its General Director, Roger Guasch. Although the whole programme is still to be confirmed, Suite Festival faces into its second edition organising three more concerts than last year and with a 1.5 million euros budget, 300,000 euros more than in the first edition. The cheapest ticket will cost 15 euros and 180 euros will buy you the most expensive. To promote the opera to new and younger audiences and “break down”the barriers, Guasch assured that Liceu and Clipper, the promotion company of Suite Festival, will compare and mix their databases so that Barcelona Opera House can have as much accurate information on the attendants’profiles as possible.
“Please don’t smoke in the stadium”
Under the slogan ‘Also in health, more than a club’, FC Barcelona has unveiled its ‘Smoke-free Camp Nou’ campaign on Monday whose two objectives are to raise awareness of the dangers of tobacco and to encourage people not to smoke in the stadium.
The two bars in Mollerussa that rejected the new smoking law have since banned smoking
They decided to abandon the protest after health authorities implemented a financial penalty.
Two bars in Mollerussa show resistance to the smoking ban
Two bar owners have publically declared their resistance to the new smoking ban after having lost many clients, they said. So they have decided to let customers smoke again and hope that other bars will do the same.
Barcelona simulates London and Paris by filling bar terraces with gas heaters
Gas heater sales have increased by 200% reaching record figures. The new smoking ban has increased the number of bars and restaurants interested in out-door heaters.