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France's Health Insurance Fund Proposes Ban on Cigarette Sales for Post-2009 Generation
France's Health Insurance Fund report proposed banning cigarette sales to the generation born after 2009 to end tobacco consumption. It reminded that the UK passed a similar law in April.
France's Health Insurance Fund (CNAM) published a report emphasizing the need to focus on young people to completely end tobacco consumption in the country.
The report noted that starting smoking early increases the risk of lifelong addiction. It said that many circles in France and globally propose banning sales to generations who have never used tobacco products to create a 'tobacco-free generation'.
The report highlighted the UK's move. The UK Parliament passed a law in April prohibiting the purchase of cigarettes by those born after January 1, 2009. Thus, the UK became the second country in the world, after the Maldives, to adopt such legislation.
The Fund also proposed a similar step for France: banning cigarette sales to those born after 2009.
Tobacco restrictions introduced in France in recent years are as follows:
- Smoking in open areas such as school perimeters, parks, beaches and gardens was banned last year.
- On April 1, the sale of nicotine pouches, gums and balls, which are especially popular among young people, was banned.
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