French want to ban smoking in public places to become the pioneer in Nice

 According to the French “Le Figaro” reported on July 21, when the French Minister of Social Affairs and Health Letter Marie Sol Du Na people are still banned in schools, parks and beaches smoke cries, the French the southern city of Nice has been implemented in a public place nearly a year of anti-smoking campaigns.

Famous beaches in Nice Lenval, people holding umbrellas, walking on the beach, enjoying the summer a good time. The end of June 2013, Nice municipal government issued a new decree banning smoking on people in the Lenval beach. Since then, the beach has become a second place in Nice city banned smoking in public places.

For the effect of the implementation of this Act, the reporter conducted a field interview. Two are holidaymakers on the beach, said: “We express our support for this approach, but not all visitors are aware of the new Act. Just We also stopped smoking two Italian tourists to inform them of this in the new requirements, they also apologized, have also expressed support. ”

Who supported the new regulations and a few, have also another one respondent said: “I think smoking in public places is a pioneering work done to reduce the harm of cigarettes to the public, for me, I hope Government can turn off all cigarettes sold point. ”

2012, in the public health considerations, Nice, France issued a decree banning smoking on the beach in Centenaire. The decree marked on smoking in public places in France has taken an important step.

The smoking ban is temporary, from April to October. Nine o’clock every morning to late at eight, at the beach and within 300 meters near the smoking. A senior beach lifeguard in an interview that this anti-smoking measures in Centenaire and Florian beach and other places and achieved good results. With other cigarette butts on the beach scene over and over, compared the situation here is much better. Although there are still some people consciously failed to comply with the new regulations.

In fact, many people questioned this new measure. In the interview, not far from a group of people are blithely smoked. They said in an interview, said: “Smoking? We express our opposition, we have the right to smoke in public places.”

For the smoking action, regulatory measures is also essential. Every day there are town police bike patrol, one of their latest mandate is to monitor the implementation of smoking bans in the case. A government official said: “Compared with 2012, this year Centenaire smoking on the beach to perform a more thorough job, which is mainly due to government’s strict supervision for those incorrigible smokers, we will impose a 11 euros for fine. People are gradually develop the habit of not smoking in public places. ”