I don't think Italy is on it's own where pollution from cars exists. Here in 'ol Blighty I need to use my inhaler every day but when we go to our house in the Italian mountains I only use it rarely. Big towns and cities are always going to have problems with pollution due to the high number of vehicles on the road.
As for no smoking, we went to a bar while in Italy on New Year's Eve - right next to the 'cop shop' - and they were puffing away merrily and no-one batted an eyelid. T'other half reckons he's going to make it his local next time we're over. No smoking comes into force on Sunday here and heaven knows what he will do then as he's smoked for over 50 years and has no intention of stopping.
Each to their own I suppose, I stopped over 20 year ago due to asthma and health related problems and before anyone starts on about passive smoking, I've tried that one on him already.
Lorraine
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