France just made it more difficult for smokers to indulge in public: A new law that takes effect in July bans smoking in all public places where children might be present—including beaches, parks, bus stops, sports venues, and outside schools, reports the BBC.
- "Tobacco must disappear where there are children," said health and family minister Catherine Vautrin. "The freedom to smoke must end where the freedom of children to breathe fresh air begins."