On the beaches, in parks and near schools, forbidden smoking
French Minister of Health Catherine Vautrin She announced that smoking will be banned at all outdoor public spaces where children can stay, except on cafes. The violations fines will be up to $ 135. The ban does not apply to electronic cigarettes, they report Le monde and AFP.
France will prohibit smoking at all outdoor spaces that children can visit, such as beaches, parks and bus stops, said Minister of Health and Family in an interview, published on May 29. « Tobacco must disappear where children are » said Catherine Vautrin in an interview by a regional diary Ouest-France posted on its website. The freedom of smoking ends where the right of children to breathe clean air begins, she added.
Restrictions will come into force on July 1. July and will include all places where children could stay, from beaches, parks, public gardens, areas in front of schools, bus stops and sports venues, she said. The offenders can be fined up to $ 135, she said.
It is estimated that in France every year, about 75,000 people or 200 people a day die due to tobacco complications. According to a recent public opinion survey, six of the ten French or 62 percent, it supports the ban on smoking in public spaces.
Smoking has announced an inexorable struggle
As early as 2023, the French government presented a new plan to combat smoking, these national tobacco control program for the period 2023-2027. The French Ministry of Health at the time reported that a cigarette box would cost $ 13 by 2027, and in 2025 the price would be $ 12 for the first time.
Only Monde reported in 2023 that « this long -awaited plan comes at a time when new products, such as single -use electronic cigarettes, arouse concerns. » The first step of the plan is to prevent people from smoking at all, especially the younger ones, although in France between 2017 and 2022 there was a clear decline in smoking in this age group. Generation’s governmental goal is tobacco -free society until 2032.
In order to achieve this, the price of a box of cigarettes will increase to $ 13 by 2027. The first phase « will happen in 2025, when the price is set to $ 12, they announced.
