Overview

• France’s ban took effect June 29 under a decree that bars smoking in parks, beaches, school vicinities, bus stops and other outdoor public areas.
• Violations of the French ban carry a 135 € fine while e-cigarettes and smoking on restaurant and café terraces remain exempt.
• Health Minister Catherine Vautrin positions the measure as a step toward cultivating a “tobacco-free generation” by 2032.
• Baden-Württemberg’s draft non-smoker protection law, due for cabinet debate next week, would extend existing indoor bans to e-cigarettes, shishas and vapes.
• A 50-member citizen forum will review the Baden-Württemberg proposal before it reaches the cabinet and parliament, with current exemptions for small pubs, festival tents and ventilated smoking rooms kept in place.