France prohibits smoking to the public to protect children
PARIS: France will ban smoking in all outdoor places that can be approached by children, including beaches, parks and bus stops, the Minister of Health and Family said on Thursday. Famous as a country where smokers remain above cigarettes in cafes or walking under the cobbled streets, France has increasingly strict restrictions on the use of tobacco in recent years. The new ban, which will come into force on 1 July, will cover all places where children could be present, including “beaches, parks, public gardens, outside schools, bus stops and sports sites,” Minister Catherine Vautrin said. “Tobacco must disappear where
