No question!

Should the smoking ban be abolished?

Tobacco smoke used to hang heavy in all pubs and restaurants, today smokers have to indulge their addiction outside the door.

(Bild: dpa/Gero Breloer)

Cabaret artist, author and expert on human nature Stefan Vögel answers questions that others don't even dare to ask. This time it's a particularly heated topic: should the current smoking ban be lifted?

I am in favor of incinerating the smoking ban. And I am a non-smoker. Now I am well aware that my opinion will incur the displeasure of all doctors, youth protection organizations and health apostles and at the same time expose me to the suspicion that the tobacco industry is paying me to make such a statement or that I am close to a certain party. This is not the case, and yet I stand by my opinion - because I can justify it: