Wednesday, July 9, 2008

First Country on Earth to Outlaw Smoking?


It's a small place. The entire country covers only around one hundred square miles. It is a tropical paradise, at least it is tropical even if not exactly paradisical.

No shopping malls, no good surfing sites, no horseback riding since the pastures are missing, beaches are not the best in the world. In fact, water at the shore quickly drops off to deep spots.

NO SMOKING, though. Whoopee!! No second-hand smoke for us non-smokers. At least, that is what is being proposed. It make take a couple of years to accomplish, but the local government has considered making NIUE the first non-smoking country in the world.

The island is northeast of New Zealand by about 1500 miles. One of the towns has already decided to be smoke-free.

Go to this URL for more information about Niue: About Niue


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