France Issues Smoking Ban
France said Sunday that it would ban smoking in most public places beginning in February, and in bars, restaurants, hotels and nightclubs 11 months later. “We have decided to ban smoking in public places, from Feb. 1, 2007,” Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin told RTL radio and LCI television. Nightclubs and bars that sell tobacco would have until Jan. 1, 2008, at the latest, to comply with the rules, he said.
Public places include railroad stations, museums, government offices and shops, but the ban will not extend to the streets or to hotel rooms.
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