PARIS: France will ban smoking on seashores and in parks, public gardens and bus shelters from Sunday (Jun 29), the federal government mentioned.
The decree, revealed within the official authorities gazette on Saturday, may also ban smoking outdoors libraries, swimming swimming pools and faculties, and is aimed toward defending youngsters from passive smoking.
The decree didn’t point out digital cigarettes. Violators of the ban will face a advantageous of €135 (US$158).
“Tobacco should disappear from locations the place there are kids,” Well being and Household Minister Catherine Vautrin had mentioned in Might, underscoring “the precise of kids to breathe pure air”.
Cafe terraces are excluded from the ban.
Some 75,000 individuals are estimated to die from tobacco-related problems every year in France.
In response to a current opinion survey, six out of 10 French folks (62 per cent) favour a smoking ban in public locations.
