Comments on: Back from the Flu… and the smoking debate again… http://www.notesfromspain.com/2009/12/14/back-from-the-flu-and-smoking-again/ Podcasts and comment on travel, tapas, learning Spanish and living in Spain, plus beautiful Spain photos. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:00:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Gary http://www.notesfromspain.com/2009/12/14/back-from-the-flu-and-smoking-again/comment-page-1/#comment-132687 Gary Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:40:50 +0000 http://www.notesfromspain.com/?p=1526#comment-132687 Wow - almost had a fit... when I read the title I actually thought Ben had 'gone back to smoking' now that he was over the flu!!! Wow – almost had a fit… when I read the title I actually thought Ben had ‘gone back to smoking’ now that he was over the flu!!!

]]> By: Frank http://www.notesfromspain.com/2009/12/14/back-from-the-flu-and-smoking-again/comment-page-1/#comment-132460 Frank Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:25:07 +0000 http://www.notesfromspain.com/?p=1526#comment-132460 Some interesting thoughts from the many Spanish nurses working in Uk here. http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/index.html?page=2#648346 Some interesting thoughts from the many Spanish nurses working in Uk here.
http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/index.html?page=2#648346

]]> By: Mike http://www.notesfromspain.com/2009/12/14/back-from-the-flu-and-smoking-again/comment-page-1/#comment-132325 Mike Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:45:32 +0000 http://www.notesfromspain.com/?p=1526#comment-132325 haha, sometimes Spain can be a world apart. Check out my blog if you like Madrid or Spain in general. It´s <a href="http://madcaptraveller.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">Travel stories off the beaten track!</a> haha, sometimes Spain can be a world apart. Check out my blog if you like Madrid or Spain in general. It´s
Travel stories off the beaten track!

]]> By: Victor http://www.notesfromspain.com/2009/12/14/back-from-the-flu-and-smoking-again/comment-page-1/#comment-132320 Victor Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:22:47 +0000 http://www.notesfromspain.com/?p=1526#comment-132320 Good to hear you're back from the flu! And regarding the smoking ban: I hope it's not early 2010 but early january 2010 because I hate smokers in bars and restaurants! It's just absurd that you cannot go out for a coffee and come back home without a horrible smell and as if you had smoked! Good to hear you’re back from the flu! And regarding the smoking ban: I hope it’s not early 2010 but early january 2010 because I hate smokers in bars and restaurants! It’s just absurd that you cannot go out for a coffee and come back home without a horrible smell and as if you had smoked!

]]> By: david villa http://www.notesfromspain.com/2009/12/14/back-from-the-flu-and-smoking-again/comment-page-1/#comment-132318 david villa Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:21:23 +0000 http://www.notesfromspain.com/?p=1526#comment-132318 GOOD NEWS FOR ALL El Ministerio de Sanidad y Política Social prohibirá fumar en espacios públicos cerrados, locales de ocio y restaurantes en 2010, anunció este lunes la ministra del ramo, Trinidad Jiménez, que destacó que existe un "grado de consenso bastante amplio". En declaraciones a Rac1 recogidas por Europa Press, Jiménez dijo que "el problema no es que se fume en lugares públicos, sino en lugares públicos cerrados", y en este sentido descartó prohibir fumar en terrazas y plazas de toros. La ministra constató que las "conversaciones están muy avanzadas" y la posición es bastante mayoritaria en el seno del conjunto de grupos políticos. "En la medida en que consigamos consenso político, conseguiremos consenso social", dijo, y aseguró que la decisión "es muy fundada", puesto que está basada en la "protección de la salud". "Estamos culturalmente preparados para adoptarlo ya, y estamos en esa fase final de la negociación", remarcó. GOOD NEWS FOR ALL

El Ministerio de Sanidad y Política Social prohibirá fumar en espacios públicos cerrados, locales de ocio y restaurantes en 2010, anunció este lunes la ministra del ramo, Trinidad Jiménez, que destacó que existe un “grado de consenso bastante amplio”.

En declaraciones a Rac1 recogidas por Europa Press, Jiménez dijo que “el problema no es que se fume en lugares públicos, sino en lugares públicos cerrados”, y en este sentido descartó prohibir fumar en terrazas y plazas de toros.

La ministra constató que las “conversaciones están muy avanzadas” y la posición es bastante mayoritaria en el seno del conjunto de grupos políticos.

“En la medida en que consigamos consenso político, conseguiremos consenso social”, dijo, y aseguró que la decisión “es muy fundada”, puesto que está basada en la “protección de la salud”. “Estamos culturalmente preparados para adoptarlo ya, y estamos en esa fase final de la negociación”, remarcó.

]]> By: Frank http://www.notesfromspain.com/2009/12/14/back-from-the-flu-and-smoking-again/comment-page-1/#comment-132314 Frank Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:38:33 +0000 http://www.notesfromspain.com/?p=1526#comment-132314 "You feel ill, you call the doctors in the morning, they see you that same day, for free, and prescribe you medicine that you only have to pay a tiny percentage of." That certainly happens in my neck of the woods in UK, you phone up in the morning, and see the doctor of your choice that day. Everything, all the different clinics, minor operations, pharmacy, optician etc all under the same roof. And living in Wales, all medicines have been free for quite some time! ;) “You feel ill, you call the doctors in the morning, they see you that same day, for free, and prescribe you medicine that you only have to pay a tiny percentage of.”
That certainly happens in my neck of the woods in UK, you phone up in the morning, and see the doctor of your choice that day. Everything, all the different clinics, minor operations, pharmacy, optician etc all under the same roof. And living in Wales, all medicines have been free for quite some time! ;)

]]> By: bill (Legazpi) http://www.notesfromspain.com/2009/12/14/back-from-the-flu-and-smoking-again/comment-page-1/#comment-132313 bill (Legazpi) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:38:18 +0000 http://www.notesfromspain.com/?p=1526#comment-132313 Good news about the smoking ban (if it happens ;-)). Also an interesting article here on expats complaining that they can't just turn up in Spain and get free health care, even though they don't work and have never contributed in any way to the Spanish health system: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/expat/annanicholas/10136224/are-sickly-brits-asking-too-much-of-spain/ Good news about the smoking ban (if it happens ;-) ).

Also an interesting article here on expats complaining that they can’t just turn up in Spain and get free health care, even though they don’t work and have never contributed in any way to the Spanish health system:

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/expat/annanicholas/10136224/are-sickly-brits-asking-too-much-of-spain/

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