France is set to ban smoking on all beaches, as well as in public parks, forests and near schools in order to create Emmanuel Macron’s ‘tobacco-free generation’ by 2032. 7,200 tobacco-free areas already exist in France. The Principality’s major French neighbour city, Nice was the first to establish a cigarette-free beach in 2012 with the approval of France’s League Against Cancer. Instead of smoke-free areas being decided by individual local authorities, France’s central government seeks to introduce a nationwide ban. “From now on, no-smoking areas will be the norm,” said the French health minister, Aurélien Rousseau, adding that “we are now shifting the responsibility and establishing a pri... [Read more]