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, printed within the official authorities gazette on Saturday, may even ban smoking exterior 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 high-quality of €135 (US$158).
“Tobacco should disappear from locations the place there are kids,” Well being and Household Minister Catherine Vautrin had mentioned in Could, underscoring “the best 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 keeping with a current opinion survey, six out of 10 French individuals (62 per cent) favour a smoking ban in public locations.
