France is not the same as it used to be!For example, in a café on the Left Bank, under the warm light, a Parisian lady looks at you with hazy eyes, lights a slender cigarette, and then takes a leisurely puff and exhales a faint smoke The ambiguous atmosphere is instantly full of wood
But in fact, before I had time to draw my eyes, a waiter would come over and say, "Sorry, this is a non-smoking area!".
The next trend is this:
Since smoking is prohibited indoors, smokers will have to go to the park, but the area near the park, forest and school will also become smoke-free;
Smokers have no choice but to go to the sea, everything is free on the beach, and it should be okay to smoke. However, the beach will also be non-smoking.
Yes, even the beach is no exception. The action is now starting gradually, with the goal of banning all beaches.
The news shocked the whole world: France is going to ban smoking on all beachesI can't believe it.
Some netizens also felt that it was a bit excessive: There is nothing to be ashamed of, how can it be banned?After all, the beach belongs to everyone, and there are always people in the crowd who have different Xi habits......
In short, if your image of Paris is still stuck in the past, the streets and floors are full of cigarette butts, the alleys are full of smokers, and socializing is inseparable from a cigarette in your hand, then you may not know the current French capital.
If your impression of France is still stuck in ** and movies, the protagonist bows his head and lights a cigarette to melt his mind into the curling smoke. Then this mysterious atmosphere of swallowing clouds and fog is often destroyed by a ban on smoking.
After Macron pledged to create a "smoke-free generation" by 2032, France will gradually ban smoking on all beaches, parks, forests and near schools.
* At the sound of the order, the minister has already taken action. On November 28, the official announcement of the "National Anti-Smoking Plan 2023-2027" was announced, and the Minister of Health, Aurélien Rousseau, said, "From now on, smoke-free areas will become the norm. ”
There are already 7,200 smoke-free zones in France, including some beaches. Nice, for example, was approved by the French League against Cancer in 2012 to be the first place to establish a smoke-free beach.
The commitment to a ban on smoking is strong, with the Minister of Health also stating that "a smoking ban will be implemented nationwide, rather than a decision on smoke-free areas by individual localities". From top to bottom, no one anywhere can escape.
In the process of gradually expanding the smoke-free zone, cigarettes** have skyrocketed. The current price of a pack of 20 cigarettes is around 11 euros, which will rise to 12 euros by 2025 and 13 euros in 2026.
Smokers can't smoke everywhere, so e-cigarettes are always okay. The Minister of Health shook his head and expressed his desire to ban "puffs", or disposable e-cigarettes, which he believes are popular among young people but have serious health and environmental implications.
France will be smoking ban on all beaches, which is difficult for the French to accept
In fact, such strict regulations are not only unbelievable to foreigners, but also found it a bit difficult for French people to accept.
Keep in mind that French bars and restaurants began to ban smoking in 2008, later than in the UK, Spain or Italy. Moreover, opinion polls show that smoking is generally accepted by the French public.
France's public health agency said last year that there were nearly 12 million smokers a day across France. Nearly 32 per cent of 18 to 75-year-olds said they smoke and 25 per cent say they smoke daily.
Well, no kidding, smokers take note: even the parks are going to be non-smoking. Strasbourg was the first city to ban smoking in its parks, followed by Paris.
Even the beaches are free of smoking, and in addition to the aforementioned Nice, there are many seaside resorts that have already taken action. Dozens of towns have designated smoke-free beach areas, including places like Saint-Malo and Biarritz and Cannes.
In response to this seemingly irreversible trend, right-wing politician D**id Lisnard questioned the smoking ban on the beach, saying that "a lot of people will applaud, not me".
Someone came out to explain that these measures are for everyone's good. The former head of the Île-de-France health department reasoned that tobacco is a "scourge of public health" and a "preventable cause of death", causing 75,000 deaths every year.
D**id does not give up, and continues to question: who can ensure that the ban is respected?The beach is so big, it's not easy to catch a cigarette smuggling, and it's a problem to enforce it.
Execution, it can't be like this, right?