The Marbella restaurant, the Asador de Guadalmina in San Pedro de Alcántara, which was closed down for refusing to comply with Spain’s new smoking legislation, reopened at lunchtime on Thursday
The Marbella restaurant, the Asador de Guadalmina in San Pedro de Alcántara, which was closed down for refusing to comply with Spain’s new smoking legislation, reopened at lunchtime on Thursday as a smoke-free zone.
The ‘No Smoking’ signs are up, but the owner, José Eugenio Arias Camisón, says that although he decided to observe the law for the good of his business, he may decide to allow his customers to smoke if he finds that he is losing business.
He told a reporter from El Mundo newspaper that if he were told to close down again, he would only do so with a court order. It’s understood that the Andalucía High Court of Justice has admitted for consideration his complaint against the regional government’s health department for ‘violating his fundamental rights’ in closing his business down.
He continues to support the campaign against the new law, and hopes that, by Easter, the various hostelry associations across the country will have collected the 500,000 signatures needed for a debate in parliament.
The Asador Guadalmina was closed down on February 12, but was given permission to reopen five days later after Arias gave a written undertaking that he would no longer allow his customers to smoke.
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