No smoking in trains

No smoking on trains' hallways anymore, says the Romanian Railroads Company. Smokers united stir up and comment, very much annoyed, on the quality of travelling by train, on bribing the conductors, and in such bad conditions smoking alone beams like a ray of hope and liberation.

And yet this action follows the European and North American trend of not allowing smoking in as many public places as possible.



So far the law regulating this aspect was Law no. 349/2002 , forbidding smoking in public transportation, namely buses, trams and subway.

This is not good news for smokers, since a trip by train can last up to 8-9 hours. Will they have at least a special wagon for smoking? Or are we going to have a special train only for smokers, as they are planning for airplanes?

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