A new public health decree published Saturday aims to France's smoking habit, banning it in all parks, sports venues, beaches, bus stops, around all schools and anywhere children could publicly ...

Depending on who you ask, France's decision to exclude restaurant patios and terraces from its outdoor smoking ban is either ...

France already forbids smoking in public spaces such as workplaces, airports and train stations, as well as playgrounds. Anti-smoking groups had been fighting for a broader ban.

France on Sunday banned smoking in parks and on beaches, part of efforts to protect the public from passive smoke and create the country's first non-smoking generation. The ban, published in the ...

A breach of the ban — which is part of France's wider National Tobacco Control Programme, announced in November 2023 — could be punishable with a €135 fine. View on euronews ...

France will soon outlaw smoking across most public spaces “where there are children,” a top health official, Catherine Vautrin, ... Violating the ban would cost 135 euros, ...

Air France did not ban smoking on all its flights until 2000, years after major U.S. carriers began phasing it out in the late 1980s and early ’90s.

France to ban smoking in parks, beaches, and near schools. France has struggled to kick its smoking habit. A new public health decree published Saturday aims to change that.

France on Sunday banned smoking in parks and on beaches, part of efforts to protect the public from passive smoke and create the country's first non-smoking generation.

PARIS (AP) — France has struggled to kick its smoking habit. A new public health decree published Saturday aims to change that. In the coming days, smoking will be banned in all French parks and… ...

Spain is extending its smoking ban to café and restaurant terraces, which are exempt from France’s new ban. Angela Charlton in Paris contributed. JEFFREY SCHAEFFER .

STORY: In France, smoking will be banned on beaches, in parks, outside schools and in other public locations starting July, the government said.The ban, which follows similar measures across ...