Jump to full article: The Publican, 2008-10-13
Author: Hamish Champ
Intro: Three years ago I undertook my first ever brewery tour when along with members of the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers I was shown round the Budweiser Budvar brewery in the Czech Republic.
Last week I was a guest of the nice people from Budvar for a second time . . .
What I am sure of though is that after sitting in a series of smoky bars for several hours - the Republic has yet to ban smoking in its pubs - I realise and appreciate the difference a smoking ban has on my own ability to breathe clearly.
Waking up after a night out in Ceske Budjovice my non-smoking lungs were wheezing like an old steam engine on its last legs, my hacking cough a fitting testament to the dozen or so fags-worth of secondhand smoke I must have inhaled during my time in a number of hostelries.
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