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European Commission Sep 17, 2024

✔ For a Tobacco-Free Generation by 2040.

We are recommending that EU countries extend smoke-free environment policies to electronic cigarettes and other new products like heated tobacco.

Also, smoke-free environments should cover outdoor recreational areas such as public playgrounds, amusement parks and swimming pools.

These measures will protect people, especially children, from the effects of second-hand smoke.

More ➡ https://europa.eu/!4HPPXn

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Pascal Leinert Sep 17, 2024

@EUCommission While I support the ban of consumption in public places, it still should be an individuals own choice to consume such products or not, even if it means that they harm themselves.

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oaktree

@pasci_lei @EUCommission Unfortunately, cigarette nuisances, and especially cancer are not an individual cost, but a large financial burden put on the whole of society.
Also cigarettes create a dependency so free choice is an illusion once you get hooked.
Coincidentally, this weekend I had a chat with a smoker in his 20's: he agreed that he should stop, tried but failed *in spite of his dad having died from it* 😨
Some things need to be regulated out.