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.

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 ...

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… ...

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 ...

World News Sacre bleu: France will soon ban smoking in most public spaces, heath official says By David Propper Published May 29, 2025, 10:44 p.m. ET ...

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.

Not for smoking," Health and Family Minister Catherine Vautrin said. She said the ban was part of France's push for a "tobacco-free generation" by 2032. - 'It must be clear' - ...

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.

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 ...

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.