Paris – a restrictive External smoking restriction It has been implemented in France, a country where cafe culture, which often contains a glass of alcohol and a cigarette, is a way of life.

By Sunday, smokers can now be smoked in public parks, in swimming pools, or on the beaches, or “anywhere children,” said French Health and Family Minister Catherine Watrin, who pushed to the ban. Violators may be fined equal to about $ 150 to several hundred dollars.

“Tobacco should disappear from places where there are children,” Vatrin said. “A park, a beach, a school – these are space for playing, learning and breathing. Not for smoking.”

Smoking within about 30 feet schools, libraries, bus stops and any other location is also prohibited where the government says it can hurt minors. The Ministry of Health said that it would soon reveal the signs of nominating such areas. Watrin called it another step “towards a tobacco-free generation”, which he said that France is targeted to 2032.

A pole Shown in May 68% of French are publicly for tight restrictions on smoking, and even restaurants are restaurant and restaurants, which are exemption under the current restriction.

Supporters include 29 -year -old children Maya Martin and the camera, who were sitting in the grass in the Paris Park, talking and smoking a day before the ban.

“I think it’s a good thing because smoking around children is not good,” Martin said. “So we are sitting away from all children, because otherwise we will not be a good example for them.”

Both said that they started smoking in the university due to stress and because it was what everyone did. “Yes, I started in the context of drinks and coffee in the cafe,” the camera said.

Both said that they are planning to leave, although Martin said it could be difficult. “A glass of wine and a cigarette in a cafe, it is a type of French culture,” he laughs. “This is a mood and yes, perhaps that’s why I started smoking.”

The French government banned smoking inside restaurants and bars in 2008 and increased the price of cigarettes over the years in an attempt to reduce smoking. Today a pack costs around $ 15. But this is the most restrictive outdoor ban that is applied anytime.

Smoking rates have decreased in recent decades. About 23% of French adults smoke every day, As per government data From 2023. However it is double the rate of smoking among American adults, which was 11.6% in 2022According to the disease control and prevention centers.

Diseases related to smoking and smoking kill 75,000 people in France every year, and the cost of French society is equal to $ 180 billion annually, Ofdt ,

The new law does not include e-cigarette. Critics say it rejects the measurement, as E-cigarette companies attract young people With different taste vapes.

As the restrictions came into force on a hot hot Sunday, adults and children got away in a lake in Burgundy village of Pont-At-May. Jeremy Brigan looked at the beach. The 69 -year -old no longer smoke, but he thinks that this law is excessive.

“This is too much,” says Brigon. “People should not smoke near schools, but people have enough space on a beach to be able to smoke.”

Leela Gitry and Frank Chowvin were running on their towels despite the ban. They say that they did not know anything about it because they are very busy working and there is no time to see the news. 22- and 25-year-old children say that both of them were 16 years old. “We are outside and have enough space to be able to smoke,” says the gitry.

But what about affecting young people?

“This is always the case,” she says. “Children see people smoking. My parents smoke and I smoke now. This is the way.”