Nice, France
Nice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille,
Lyon and Toulouse, with a population
of 349,000. It is located on the south east coast of France on Mediterranean
Sea. The climate of nice is
oceanic. The summer's holiday season lasts for six months, from May to
October. Winters are not so cold,
with average temperatures of 13.4 °C during the day, and 5.8 °C at night
in the period from December
to February.
 
Nice beach and Promenade Des Anglais
 
Nice beach
The main railway station is Nice-Ville. The high speed TGV train connects
Paris and Nice in less than six hours,
while Marseille is reached in 2.5 hours. Nice also has international connections
to Italy, Switzerland, Belgium,
and Russia.
 
Gare De Nice Ville
 
Gare De Nice Ville
  
(L) Ave.Jean Medecin near the Nice-Ville railway station (R) Fountains
at Place Massena
Nice tramway Line 1 links the northern and eastern suburbs via the city
centre. It opened in 2007.It was
originally to use the ground-level power supply third rail system as used
by Bordeaux tramway.
However, this was abandoned in favor of the more conventional overhead
power supply cables providing
750V DC, unless the tram crosses the Place Massena and Garibaldi, when
it lowers its pantograph and
relies on its onboard nickel-metal hydride batteries to cross these large
open spaces, where the wires
would be an eyesore.
 
Place Massena and Garibaldi
 
Place Garibaldi
 
(L) Lawn track for a light rail: Lawn track is an attractive feature which
brings more'greenery' into town.
(R) Place Massena and track without overhead power supply cables for a
tram
 
( L) Place Massena (R) Female student utters joy in the Place Massena of
Nice.
Smoking Ban in the Hotels in Nice
Le Meridien Nice possesses 301rooms and 17 prestigious rooms/all rooms are non-smoking.
The guest rooms are above 4th floor, since Le Meridien and Mercure share
the hotel space
in the same building.
Mercure Nice Promenade-des-Anglais provides 122 guest rooms on the 2nd
and 3rd floor.
All rooms are non-smoking.
Hotel Westminister ( W-Hotel ) is a smoke-free hotel, and no smoking is allowed inside.
Le Royal has 140 guest rooms/all rooms are smoke-free.
Grand Hotel Aston Clarion Nice has 145 rooms/all rooms are non-smoking.
Holiday Inn Nice has 129 rooms/all rooms are non-smoking.
Palais De La Mediterranee has a total of 188 rooms. The number of smoking
and
non-smoking rooms are almost the same (50%, 50%). Smoking floors locate
on the 4th, 8th
and 9th floor. Non-smoking floors locate on the 5th, 6th and 7th floor.
Hotel West End Nice has 25 smoking rooms in the total of 121 guest rooms.
The ratio of
smoking to the total is 20.7%.
Le Grimaldi has 10 smoking rooms out of the total of 46. The percentage
of smoking to
the total is 21.7%.
There are two hotels, Hotel Ibis Nice Centre Gare and Best Western Hotel
Riviera, within
walking distance. The Ibis hotel has 199 rooms, and it provides smoking
rooms in the ratio
of two, against six non-smoking, which means the percentage of smoking
to the total is 25.0%.
Best Western Riviera has 48 rooms and 24 smoking and 24 non-smoking, that
presents
the ratio of a half and half (50% each).
 
Hotel Negresco
  
(L) Le Meridien Nice (M) West End (R) Mercure Nice Promenade des Anglais
  
Le Royal: Entrance, Dinning room and Bar lounge
  
(L) Palais De La Mediterranee (M) Le Grimaldi (R) Grand Hotel Aston Clarion
Nice
  
Hotel Ibis Nice Centre Gare (M) Best Western Hotel Riviera (R) Jean Medecin
Avenue and tram
Smoke-Free Hotels in Nice:
Le Meridien Nice
Mercure Nice Promenade-des-Anglais
Hotel Westminister ( W-Hotel )
Le Royal
Grand Hotel AstonClarion Nice
Holiday Inn Nice
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ニースは、フランスの南東部に位置する都市で 地中海・コート・ダジュールに面する、世界的に有名な保養地・
観光都市である。 マルセイユとイタリアのヴェンティミリアを結ぶフランス国鉄の鉄道路線が通る。タンド峠を
越えてイタリアのクーネオに至るタンド線が分岐する。このほかプロヴァンスの山岳地帯へ向かうプロヴァンス
鉄道の起点でもある。
市内交通として路面電車があるが、1953年に廃止された後、2007年新たに路線が建設された。その路線で、
市内中心部のマセナ広場とガリバルディ広場を通る区間は、架線給電ではなく、蓄電池を使用した区間となって
いる。 都市景観を重視した電気方式を採用していることが評価されており、建設に合わせた街路樹の植生や、
沿線にアーティストによる現代芸術作品を設置するなどの「街の衣替え」の実践を行っている。
今回のホテル喫煙客室調査で意外にも多くのホテルが建物内の喫煙スペースを廃止し全面禁煙としていることが
分かった。ニース市内で完全禁煙を実施しているホテルを以下に示した。レ・メリディアン・ホテルは
「フランスの法律でそうなっている」と言い張ったが、市内の他のホテルの状況は把握していないようだ。
台湾や米国ボストン市などでは行政の関与があり、法律で喫煙客室を含めホテル内での喫煙を禁止しているが、
その他の国では従業員の立ち入らない喫煙客室は、ホテル側の自主的な判断で決められている。カナダ・
ブリティシュコロンビア州、アルバータ州では全室禁煙であることがスタンダードとなっており、ホテル側も
利用客側も、喫煙空間を屋内に設けることへの拒否反応が顕著になっている。
健康に留意している人は、喫煙客室を設けているホテルは、たとえ予約時に禁煙ルームを確保できたとしても、
通路などに有害煙 が漏れていることがあるので、回避したほうがよい。これからのホテルの選択基準の重要な
指標に、喫煙客室の有無とその比率とが加えられるべきと考えられる。
全館禁煙：レ・メリディアン・ニース、プロムナード・デ・ザングレ・メルキュール・ニース、
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 ニース
 2011年6月執筆 2011年5月写真撮影
医学博士 宮本順伯
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The photographs were taken in May, and the article was written in June
2011,
by Junhaku Miyamoto, M.D., PhD.
Copyright(C) 2011 Junhaku Miyamoto, All rights reserved.
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