Smokers hog air in Spain

My wife and I recently returned from a two-week visit to Spain. The food was wonderful, the people were friendly, the monuments were impressive, the nightlife was phenomenal. The only negative was the out-of-control smoking by the Spaniards. On our last night in Madrid, my wife and I had to flee a well-known expensive restaurant because the incessant smoking by other patrons overwhelmed us.

We are fortunate in California to be able to enjoy restaurants, and nightclubs without clouds of cigarette smoke.

Mark J. Kiss

Long Beach