You can't smoke in parks and public beaches in the North from Sunday onwards
School areas, bus stations and sports halls are also included in this ban, which does not include bar terraces, or bapeaders or the like.
From this Sunday, smoking will be banned in France, and therefore on the beaches, parks and other public spaces occupied by minors in the French Basque Country . In addition to those mentioned, the ban extends to school areas, bus stations and sports centres. It does not include the terraces of bars, nor the bapeaders, as provided for in the Spanish anti-smoking law.
Marion Catellin, director of the Anti-Smoking Alliance, says, "The goal is to move towards a smoke-free generation, gradually eliminating tobacco from our society."
The ban is aimed at protecting children and is supported by 70% of the population . There are also those who criticise the measure that prevents smoking abroad. But, despite this, experts have recalled that passive smoking causes one million deaths in the world every year.
This is not the first anti-smoking measure taken by France, including neutral packaging and tax increases, which have reduced legal sales by 12% by 2024. However, one in four adults continues to smoke on a daily basis, and France remains the leader in the consumption of illegal cigarettes in Europe.
The associations are calling for going further: banning the sale of tobacco to those born in Aurrera since 2014 and raising taxes to reduce the economic impact of smoking. Catellin has explained that smoking "costs French society EUR 156 billion annually, EUR 2 300 per inhabitant."
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