France is set to implement a sweeping smoking ban on July 1 that will outlaw smoking in most public places, including parks, sports facilities, gardens, bus stops, the beach and areas close to schools.

PARIS — Brigitte Bardot lounged barefoot on a Saint-Tropez beach, drawing languorous puffs from her cigarette. Another actor, Jean-Paul Belmondo, swaggered down the Champs-Élysées with smoke curling