Last but not least: posthumously banned from smoking
Soon, smoking will no longer be allowed in restaurants and concert halls in Switzerland either. The “pink lungs” campaign has prevailed. And, looking at it objectively, one can actually come to terms with it to some extent. But what has now happened in France is hard to beat in terms of sheer absurdity.
Soon it will no longer be possible to smoke in restaurants and concert halls in Switzerland either. The pink lungs have prevailed. And somehow, in all sobriety, we can agree with this to a certain extent. We will see how the laws are interpreted. What has now happened in France, however, can hardly be surpassed in its absurdity: Because of a ban on advertising tobacco products, 2000 posters for an exhibition about the French comedian Jacques Tati had to be retouched. The "Mon oncle" poster showed Tati riding a bicycle with a pipe in his mouth. Director Constantin Costa-Gavras called the censorship "absurd and ridiculous". The Greek-French filmmaker is the director of the Cinématheque française, which is organizing the exhibition, which runs until 3 August. Tati would have howled with laughter, said Costa-Gavras, because he never lit a pipe in any of his films. Jacques Tati is best known for his 1953 film burlesque "Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot".
