Cube of Shame
Although you don’t see people smoking as much as in the past, Spain remains a pretty tobacco-friendly country. A non-smoking section is hard to find in a restaurant or bar, but in accordance with European Union health rules, Spain did bar most indoor smoking in other public areas. And, yes, that includes airports. Many US airports (especially in tobacco states) have smoking lounges hidden away — blue rooms where smokers can get their fix in relative privacy. But Madrid’s Barajas Airport has smoking lounges dotted all over the concourses of the new Terminal 4. They’re glass semi-enclosures, so everyone can see who’s puffing away. Here in Boston we used to have the public stocks. In Madrid, they have the Cube of Shame.
Posted by David Lyon, Globe Correspondent
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