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France will prohibit smoking in all outdoor places that can visit children, salute and minister of the Catherine Vautrin family.

The prohibition will enter into force 1. July and will include beaches, parks, public gardens, external schools, bus stops and sports spaces.

“Tobacco must disappear where children exist,” Vautrine said in an interview published by Ouest-France.

Vautrin added that “Freedom of smoking must end where the freedom of children begins to breathe a new air.”

Outer areas of cafes and bar – known as Terraces – He will be free from the ban, she said.

Vautrin explained to break the rules in line with 135 euros (113 £; $ 153).

She said the regular police would make a ban, but she also added that she was a big faith in “self-regulation.”

Although electronic cigarettes were released, Vautrine said he was working on the introduction of borders on the amounts of nicotine containing.

According to the French drug monitoring and drug addiction, 23.1% of the French population smokes daily – the lowest percentage ever recorded and fall over five points since 2014. years.

The French National Smoking Committee says that more than 75,000 smokers die every year of diseases associated with tobacco – 13% of all deaths.

Smoking in institutions such as restaurants and nightclubs are forbidden in France since 2008. years.

The widespread measures of the ban on smoking on the beaches, parks and other public places were intended for 2024. years, but the decree was needed that it was never adopted.

However, more than 1,500 municipalities are already voluntarily prohibited by smoking in public places, and hundreds of beaches across France for non-smokers for difficult years.

Recent Report of the French La Ligue Cancer Cancer shows almost 80% of the French people in favor of a ban on smoking in public places such as forests, beaches, parks and parks and terrace.