Smoking pure still allowed after smoking ban kicks in

March 27, 2008 - Amsterdam

When the smoking ban goes into effect in The Netherlands from the 1st of July on, you can still keep on smoking joints, as long as they're pure without tobacco.

The smoking ban for the food and beverage industry actually doesn’t apply for people who smoke their marijuana in a joint pure. That’s what the Dutch minister of health Ab Klink wrote as a reply to the questions from the parliament.

The smoking ban is listed in the tobacco law and applies only to products entirely or partially made of tobacco. Joints with only marijuana are not included in this law, says Klink.

He doesn’t think that people will massively change to smoking pure marijuana when the smoking ban takes place. He will however let a survey be conducted about the changes in the smoking behaviour of visitors from coffeeshops after the smoking ban goes into effect.

It’s already known that the coffeeshops may have a separate room for smokers in the shop, as long as this room is closed to the personnel, so that they don’t come in contact with the smoke.