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France Bans Smoking In Beaches, Parks, Bus Shelters

The decree is aimed at protecting children from passive smoking.

By Channels Television
Updated June 28, 2025
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In this file photo taken on November 9, 2019 a demonstrator vapes during a consumer advocate groups and vape storeowners rally outside of the White House to protest the proposed vaping flavor ban in Washington, DC. E-cigarette use significantly increases the risk of developing chronic lung diseases like asthma, bronchitis, emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to a long term study published December 16, 2019 that also found vaping was less harmful than smoking.The results of the research, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, are unrelated to the recent outbreak of an acute lung disease that has killed more than 50 people and has been linked to a substance commonly added to vaping products containing THC, the psychoactive component of cannabis. Jose Luis Magana / AFP

 

France will ban smoking on beaches and in parks, public gardens and bus shelters from Sunday, the government said.

The decree, published in the official government gazette Saturday, will also ban smoking outside libraries, swimming pools and schools, and is aimed at protecting children from passive smoking.

 

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