France will ban smoking on beaches in parks, public parks and bus shelters from Sunday, the government announced. On Saturday, the official government also imposes ban on libraries, swimming pools and smoking outside schools to protect children from passive smoking. Electronic cigarettes are not mentioned in the decree. Individuals violating the ban will be fined 135 euros ($ 158). AFP said, “Tobacco should disappear from places where there are children,” the health and family minister Catherine Watrin said in May, “Emphasizing the right to breathe in the pure air of the children,” AFP said.Cafe roofs are excluded from the ban. About 75,000 people die every year in France due to complications related to tobacco. According to an opinion survey recently, 62 percent of French people favor smoking ban in public places.
