A Cuban Ban
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Robert Tagorda | Friday, February 4, 2005 |
Cuba Set to Roll Out Ban on Cigar Smoking (Financial Times)
Fidel Castro’s plan to ban smoking in public places, due to come into force on Monday, appears to be a revolution too far for most Cubans.
Mr Castro, 78, is clamping down on the island’s Habano cigars and black tobacco cigarettes as part of a campaign to increase life expectancy to 80 years by 2010, up from the 75-76 average. But many doubt the âmaximum leaderâ can make the law stick. Yuleisis Fonseca, a 27-year-old nurse, said Mr Castro would need an army of âextraterrestrialsâ to enforce the ban. âWhere I work the doctors are the first to smoke and I promise you they are not about to stop.â The new law restricts smoking to designated areas in restaurants and nightclubs. âThe objective is to contribute to a change in the attitudes of our population,â it states. That will not be easy.
It’s doubtful indeed, given how culturally embedded cigars have become in the country.
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