Overview
- The draft would bar retailers from selling tobacco to the 2014-and-younger cohort from January 1, 2032, irrespective of age, and it covers all products including heated tobacco.
- Roughly twenty deputies from seven parliamentary groups, spanning from LFI to Horizons, have signed onto the transpartisan text.
- Proponents aim to create a first generation with under 5% adult smoking prevalence among those born from 2014.
- Health advocates including the Ligue contre le cancer and the Alliance contre le tabac support the plan, citing about 75,000 tobacco-related deaths annually in France and a social cost near €156 billion.
- Thierry argues the phased approach avoids a sudden shift to illicit markets and does not change rules for current smokers, as he seeks an Assembly agenda slot and formal government support.