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France Proposes Banning Cigarette Sales to Anyone Born After 2009
A report by France's National Health Insurance Fund proposed banning cigarette sales to the generation born after 2009 to end tobacco consumption. It recalled that the United Kingdom passed a similar law in April.
France's National Health Insurance Fund (CNAM) published a report emphasizing the need to focus on young people in order to completely end tobacco consumption in the country.
The report stated that starting smoking at an early age increases the risk of lifelong addiction. It noted that many groups around the world and in France propose banning sales to generations who have never used tobacco products to create a "tobacco-free generation."
In this context, the United Kingdom's move was highlighted. The UK Parliament passed a law in April preventing those born after January 1, 2009 from purchasing cigarettes. Thus, the UK became the second country in the world, after the Maldives, to make such a legal regulation.
The French institution also proposed a similar step for its own country: banning cigarette sales to those born after 2009.
Tobacco restrictions introduced in France in recent years are as follows:
- Last year, smoking was banned in open areas such as school surroundings, parks, beaches and gardens.
- On April 1, the sale of nicotine pouches, gums and balls, which are particularly popular among young people, was banned.
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