France recently banned single-use vapes and nicotine pouches as part of its plan to foster a tobacco-free generation. But, as the world marks the annual World No Tobacco Day on Saturday, a group of public health advocates and MPs want to go further \u2013 by introducing a generational tobacco ban similar to the UK’s.<\/p>\n
Smoking is no longer as fashionable in France as it was in the days of Serge Gainsbourg <\/a>chain-smoking Gitanes on TV. Yet it remains the country’s leading cause of preventable death, killing around 75,000 people a year.<\/p>\n It is also linked to heart disease, strokes, type 2 diabetes, asthma, dementia and fertility issues.<\/p>\n Over the past 30 years, France has cracked down on smoking \u2013 banning advertising of tobacco products in 1991, smoking in public places in 2007 and sales to under-18s in 2009, and introducing plain packaging in 2017.<\/p>\n These efforts have paid off. According to<\/a> the French Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (OFDT), the number of regular smokers fell from 40 percent of adults in the mid-2010s to 23 percent in 2023 \u2013 although this is still above the EU average.<\/p>\n France becomes second European country to ban disposable e-cigarettes<\/a><\/p>\n Vaping, however, is on the rise, especially among teens, with around 6 percent using e-cigarettes daily.<\/p>\n Read more on RFI English<\/a><\/p>\n Read also:
France to ban smoking on beaches and close to schools<\/a>
EU moves to ban smoking and vaping in outdoor spaces<\/a>
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