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Yahoo
28-06-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
France to ban smoking in parks, beaches, near schools
France has introduced a new smoking ban to curb tobacco use, a long-standing issue in the country. In the coming days, smoking will be banned in all French parks and sports venues, at beaches and bus stops, in a perimeter around all schools and anywhere children could gather in public. In a country where smoking has for generations been glamorised in cinema and intertwined with the national image, government crackdowns on tobacco use have met resistance. "In France, we still have this mindset of saying, 'this is a law that restricts freedom'," Philippe Bergerot, president of the French League Against Cancer, told the Associated Press. The ban aims "to promote what we call denormalisation. In people's minds, smoking is normal," he said. "We aren't banning smoking; we are banning smoking in certain places where it could potentially affect people's health and ... young people." À partir de ce dimanche, de nouveaux espaces sans tabac seront officiellement instaurés partout en France. 🚭Fumer sera désormais interdit dans plusieurs lieux extérieurs très fréquentés par les jeunes :– les parcs et jardins publics ;– les plages pendant la saison balnéaire… — Catherine Vautrin (@CaVautrin) June 28, 2025 It has been illegal to smoke in restaurants, bars and public buildings since a series of bans in 2007 and 2008. Ever-higher taxes mean a pack now costs upwards of 12 euros ($A22). Yet more than 30 per cent of French adults still smoke cigarettes, most of them daily, one of the higher rates in Europe and globally. The Health Ministry is particularly concerned that tobacco remains popular among young people, citing public health statistics showing that 15 per cent of 17-year-olds smoke. Black market cigarette trading is common. More than 200 people in France die each day of tobacco-related illness, Health Minister Catherine Vautrin said in a statement on Saturday - which adds up to 75,000 deaths per year. In a Paris park as the ban loomed, views were mixed. Parisian Natacha Uzan welcomed the end of smoking in restaurants. But she said: '"Now outside, in parks, I find it becoming a bit repressive". The broader ban is a "good thing" for Anabelle Cermell, mother of a three-month-old boy. "I tell myself, oh, it's really not ideal for him but there's not much I can do about it, or I would have to ... not take the bus, not go to parks." The government said last month that the new ban would take effect on July 1. The official decree introducing the ban was published on Saturday, and a health minister's statement said that a government order specifying the perimeters set by the ban would be published in the coming days. Electronic cigarettes are exempt from the new ban. Other European countries have gone farther: the United Kingdom and Sweden have tightened smoking regulations in public spaces. Spain is extending its smoking ban to café and restaurant terraces, which are exempt from France's new ban.
CBC
29-05-2025
- Health
- CBC
Fewer alcohol bans being ordered for people on probation, Nunavut justice minister says
Nunavut courts are issuing fewer alcohol abstinence orders for people on probation than previous years, according to the territory's justice minister. "They're hard for people who may be addicted to alcohol," Pamela Hakongak Gross said in the Nunavut Legislative Assembly Wednesday. Iqaluit-Manirajak MLA Adam Arreak Lightstone asked for how many court orders to abstain from alcohol were made in the 2023-24 fiscal year. Gross was unable to provide an exact number, but said there were "fewer." Gross said when orders are issued, community corrections officers monitor and support those individuals who are required to abstain by helping them complete programming to "avoid behaviour that leads to criminal activity." "The officers may also order a breach of the individual's conditions, which can result in an individual being placed in custody," she continued. Lightstone said interdiction orders can be given. Such an order would prevent someone under it to not be issued any alcohol by an approved private or government establishment. "The Minister of Finance … indicated that in Nunavut's 26 years, there's only been one interdiction order given by Nunavut courts," Lightstone said. "With our high rates of alcohol-related crime, why have our Nunavut courts not utilized an interdiction order more frequently?" Gross said interdiction orders are "viewed as outdated and are rarely used" and that the only other jurisdiction that includes them in law is Newfoundland and Labrador. "Interdiction orders are a private law remedy and they need to be issued by a justice of the peace under the Liquor Act," Gross said. "With that, the Department of Justice does not issue or oversee these orders and has no role in initiating them." Iqaluit-Sinaa MLA Janet Pitsiulaaq Brewster followed up on Lightstone's questions with a set of her own that dealt with alcohol use and intimate partner violence. "Other than a court order to abstain from alcohol, what does the Department of Justice do in order to change the behaviour of a person who is charged with an offence related to intimate partner violence or any violence against any other member of the community?" Brewster asked. Gross said the Therapeutic Justice Program, located in Cambridge Bay and Arviat, is available, which aims to provide an alternative to the criminal justice system. "This is by offering accused persons with Inuit-led supports and services that focus on addressing the root cause of their criminal behaviour," Gross said. "This program offers clients a combination of cultural and mental health programming and other support." When asked by Brewster what supports are available for family and friends who are concerned about someone who may be at risk to violence from someone they know, Gross highlighted the Family Abuse Intervention Act which allows for measures such as emergency protections, community intervention orders, family abuse intervention orders and peace bonds.
