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| Media | TV News - British Broadcasting Corporation BBC News |
| News Date | Sunday, October 8, 2006 07:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | France is to ban smoking in all public places from next February, the prime minister has announced.
Cafes, nightclubs and restaurants are to be given until January 2008 to adapt, said Dominique de Villepin.
Those found in breach of the ban would be fined - 75 euros (£50) for individuals and 150 euros for the premises where the offence occurred.
Smoking kills more than 13 people a day in France, said Mr de Villepin - calling it an "unacceptable reality".
Mr de Villepin made the announcement in a television interview.
"We started on the basis of a simple observation - two figures: 60,000 deaths a year in our country linked directly to tobacco consumption and 5,000 deaths linked to passive smoking.
"That makes more than 13 deaths a day. It is an unacceptable reality in our country in terms of public health," he said. |
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