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France to ban outdoor smoking, except for café terraces

Rob Beschizza
May 30, 2025
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France, maintaining character, has yet to ban outdoor smoking. But it's coming soon, officials there say, with one key exemption: café terrraces.

"Tobacco must disappear where there are children," Catherine Vautrin said in an interview published by the regional Ouest-France daily on its website. The freedom to smoke "stops where children's right to breat…

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