France plans to ban smoking on beaches, in parks, outside schools and in other locations from July to protect children, the government said. Alice Rizzo reports.

My parents said that they did everything “right”: at least by thestandards of the late 1980s. My mom got prenatal ... or short for their ages. Unborn children exposed to nicotine through either ...

After glamorizing tobacco for decades, France is preparing for a sweeping smoking ban. Beginning July 1, smoking will be outlawed in outdoor public areas where children may gather.

Smoking has defined identity, fashion and cinema here for so long that the new measure feels like a quiet French revolution in a country whose relationship with tobacco is famously complex.

France’s relationship with tobacco has long been fraught with contradiction. Air France did not ban smoking on all its flights until 2000, years after major U.S. carriers began phasing it out in ...

France’s relationship with tobacco has long been fraught with contradiction. Air France did not ban smoking on all its flights until 2000, years after major U.S. carriers began phasing it out in ...

Sweden outlawed smoking in outdoor restaurant terraces, bus stops and schoolyards back in 2019. Spain extended its bans to café terraces, spaces still exempt in France—at least for now.

France’s new law mirrors broader European trends. Britain, Spain and Sweden have all implemented significant smoking bans in ...

After glamorizing tobacco for decades, France is preparing for its most sweeping smoking ban yet. Beginning July 1, smoking will be outlawed in virtually all outdoor public areas where children ...