Minister Catherine Vautrin announced on Thursday, May 29 in the Diario Diario Diario Diario Diario Diario Diario Diario Diario Diario Diario, the expansion of the list of prohibited places for cigarette smokers from July 1. “When there are children, tobacco must disappear,” the government argued. “A very good measure” for psychiatrist Amine Benyamina, also president of the French Addiction Federation.
“This is a measure that I can only greet as addicted and this is also the case of my colleagues,” he rejoices in BFMTV.
And for a good reason: as of July 1, the beaches, parks and public gardens, the surrounding schools, the bus refuge or the sports team will be banished from open spaces to smokers.
If this measure points, among other things, to protect non -smokers and reduce the consumption of tobacco of the French, the difficulty of quitting smoking remains present. According to the latest public health figures, France dating from 2022, the number of smokers in France is estimated at 15 million, including 12 million daily smokers.
“We must develop support and information spaces (…) we have the ability to accommodate people in specialized structures,” he said.
“You have the possibility of having nicotine substitutes, patches (…) There are devices that showed that one could get out of a very strong addiction.”
To better support nicotine detention and the support of smoking to people, Amina Benyamina evokes a possible increase in government resources that will be carried out in terms of prevention and attention.
The same history for alcohol, the second cause of mortality after tobacco, according to the specialist. “There are ads near universities and secondary schools that trivialized and encouraged alcohol consumption.”
“Alcohol is a terrible scourge,” warns Amina Benyamina, indicating that alcohol prevention policies are “almost non -existent” or “very discreet.”
Source: BFM TV
