MELBOURNE – ALL LIGHT UP!

Het is zo ver. Afgelopen zaterdag mochten Australiërs vanaf klokslag 12 uur ‘s nachts (een sadistisch tijdstip om deze maatregel in te voeren trouwens) niet meer roken in bars, clubs en restaurants. Natuurlijk zijn de rokers hier nogal pissig om, maar blijkbaar is niemand  pissiger dan de Britse band The Pretty Things: ze schreven het protestlied “All Light Up” om alle boze rokers te steunen.

Unfortunately, it’s unlikely we’re ever going to see the band performing “All Light Up” live here though as they were sentenced to a lifetime ban from Australia and New Zealand when they tore the place up during a tour here in the 60s. Ask your parents I guess! All is not lost though because Philip Morris have done their bit to ease the blow by inventing a nifty little device called the Heatbar. The idea behind the Heatbar is that you stick your cigarette into it so it can “gently toast” your cigarette, thereby allowing you to smoke without producing any smoke. Voila! Now, so long as you can get over the fact that you look retarded while you’re giving yourself bad diseases, I guess you have your solution!

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