The science repeatedly says they’re less damaging than cigarettes. And yet, people are now switching back to smoking in an attempt to cut out vaping for good.

News Nation/World The country that made smoking sexy is breaking up with cigarettes A woman holds a cigarette during a break in Paris, Wednesday, May 28 2025. Credit: AP/Michel Euler ...

France has banned smoking cigarettes at all parks, beaches and bus stops in an effort to “denormalize” tobacco around children.

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.

Smoking is Chapter 1 of the original anti-authority playbook, creeping back into consciousness the minute we look away. Akin to slipping on my classic black leather jacket, it will never truly go ...

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.

The country that made smoking sexy is breaking up with cigarettes by: THOMAS ADAMSON, Associated Press Posted: May 31, 2025 / 10:10 PM HST Updated: May 31, 2025 / 10:16 PM HST ...