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EU Health Ministers recommend restricting smoking in public places

Politiko 2024-12-03 18:49:14

EU Health Ministers recommend restricting smoking in public places

A majority of European Union Health Ministers today signaled their support for expanding smoke-free zones in a bid to reduce cancer deaths.

Germany, which is among the EU members with the weakest tobacco restrictions, abstained from voting in Brussels on the non-binding recommendations.

The aim of the new guidelines is to limit smoking in public areas where children or other vulnerable people congregate, such as playgrounds, amusement parks, public swimming pools, restaurant terraces and public transport.

The recommendations also target new tobacco products, such as e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products, to discourage young people from smoking.

"Reducing exposure to smoke would mean better protection for non-smokers," said an EU press release.

"The European Commission proposed to revise the current guidelines from 2009 - as every year around 700,000 people in the EU lose their lives due to tobacco consumption," the new EU health commissioner Oliver Varhelyi said before the vote.

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