09.08.2011 0

Provence & Côte d'Azur: Huge public support for a smoking ban on beaches in France as first non-smoking beach is opened in the PACA region

No more butts on the beach?

Already it is illegal in enclosed public spaces in France and now it looks as if smokers could be outlawed from lighting up on beaches up and down the French Riviera, as well as in its bars, cafes and airports.

Cigarette packets
If the the French public have their way, smokers may soon have to keep their cigarette packets in their beach bags

A survey just published has shown that three in four French people are in favour of a ban on smoking on beaches. That’s three-quarters of the population.

42% of respondents said that they were strongly in favour to such a measure being implemented, and only 9% were strongly opposed to the idea.

It would seem that the mayor of La Ciotat in the Bouches-du-Rhône is already one step ahead on the game, having already introduced a non-smoking beach. According to the town’s deputy mayor, the new initiative, put in place as a result of the local authorities receiving requests for more child-friendly areas, is proving popular so far.

On Saturday, Italy followed France when a section of Bibione beach, near Venice, was made the first test site for Italian non-smoking public beaches. HM

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