In terms of content, the law on the protection of non-smokers remains half-baked, comments Christian Gottschalk. The involvement of the citizens has worked. There are two levels at which the Non-Smoker Protection Act must be considered. The purely substantive one – and that of his birth, which is much about democratic theory and citizen participation. In terms of content, the state government's now planned set of rules remains half-baked. The fact that smoking harms – the smoker himself and everyone around him – is not a new finding. So it's a good thing that in the future there will be fewer areas in the southwest where the smoke can unfold. The fact that there are still places where non-sm... [Read more]