Yuriy Trakhimenko,
student:
“As far as I know, a law was recently adopted that requires both smoking and non-smoking areas are established in cafés. I believe smoking must be banned in public places, even outdoors. If authorities really punished individuals smoking in public places, I would not be smoking here at the moment. Moreover, I want to quit smoking, and the ban would be one more step to it.”
Lyubov Dalchenko,
student:
“I think the government should ban smoking in public places. However, there are people who are smokers, so they should be allowed to smoke in special smoking areas. I also believe that people should not smoke on the streets because sometimes, being not careful enough, they can hurt a person or burn their clothes with a cigarette.”
Alla Fonotova,
government executive:
“I believe it should have been banned long ago. Fines would be a good punishment for people smoking outdoors. However, when we speak about buildings, their owners should think of areas where people could smoke.”
Volodymyr Gelyuk,
tour operator:
“Walking in the street, I usually smoke. I would pay fines if there was such a punishment, but nowadays it is up to a person whether to smoke or not in public places.”
Yevhen Manevych,
manager:
“Yes, I believe that smoking must be banned in public places. Even when a café (or another public place) has two areas – smoking and non-smoking ones – they must be totally separated. I mean there should be no air contact between those areas. Otherwise, people from the non-smoking area may still breath in the cigarette smoke and smell.”
