Violators of the law will have to pay 68 euros for smoking cigarettes

France decided to give up smoking in the New Year. From 1 January ban on smoking in public places was put into force in France. The fight against cigarette smoking began in France a year ago when it banned smoking in all public institutions. Since 2008, French people are not allowed to smoke in bars, cafes, restaurants, casinos and discotheques. Smoking ban owners to provide their institutions with a special smoking rooms with expensive ventilation systems. If they do not have the opportunity to acquire such equipment, people should be smoking cigarettes on the street.

It should be noted that France is one of the most smoking countries in Europe, almost one third of the population aged 15-75 are smokers. In addition, cigarettes and tobacco sold in cafes, bars and restaurants, but not in the stalls or cigarette vending machines. And the French smokers prefer to smoke their cigarettes at the bar drinking coffee. It is unlikely that they would like to smoke outside.

Regulars, indignant for such measures. Some say that, taking into consideration the current situation, I would rather smoke my cigarettes at home with a cup of coffee. Violators of the law will have to pay 68 euros for smoking cigarettes. Owners of establishments will have to pay 135 euros. In this case, people put up with a ban on smoking in the office faster than expected.