Marisol Touraine will ban e-cigarettes in certain public places, where there are people, and children. She also pleads for the creation of tobacco-free places. On the beaches for example.
It is only a matter of time, but the e-cigarette will soon no longer have the right of citizenship in French public places. This morning on BFM TV / RMC, the Minister of Health, Marisol Touraine, was indeed in favor of the ban on electronic cigarettes in “certain public places”, indicating that provisions would be included in the next law of public health.
The places of prohibition remain to be determined
Freshly renewed by Manuel Valls at the head of his ministry, she confided to Jean-Jacques Bourdin’s microphone: “I am in favor of there being a ban in a certain number of public places, where there are a lot of people. world, where there are children, where there are young people. I will present a public health law around the summer and we will, with parliamentarians, determine the places concerned, ”she said.
Beyond this debate, the Minister of Health also announced her wish that apart from the law, the mayors can create “places without tobacco in their city, through conventions. I would be in favor of town halls saying that such and such a beach is tobacco-free, that such a public garden is tobacco-free and without electronic cigarettes, ”she said. Regarding a further increase in the price of a packet of cigarettes, the Minister stressed that the decision was not taken. “I am in favor of increasing the prices, but raising the prices without doing anything else is not helpful. We need a little more “trashy” information campaigns aimed at young people. “
E-cigarettes, tobacco: the same fight for New York
In addition, across the Atlantic, electronic cigarettes have been banned since Tuesday in New York in public places, restaurants, bars, parks and beaches, as is already the case for cigarettes and tobacco. The measure voted by the city council on December 19, had been signed without delay by the former mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg.
With this decision, “The Big Apple” thus joins the list of American cities officially at war against e-cigarettes. In Chicago, a measure banning the product in public places also went into effect today. In early March, Los Angeles also voted to ban vaping in public places and work environments.
Finally, concerning anti-smoking legislation, it is again particularly severe in New York. There, the legal age to buy tobacco, cigarettes and electronic cigarettes will soon be raised to 21, on May 18. An unprecedented measure for a large American city.
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