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French health agency proposes ban on cigarette sales to anyone born after 2009
A report by France's National Health Insurance Fund proposes banning cigarette sales to those born after 2009 in a bid to end tobacco consumption, recalling that the UK enacted a similar law in April.
The French National Health Insurance Fund (CNAM) has published a report stressing the need to focus on young people to completely eliminate tobacco consumption in the country.
The report states that starting smoking at an early age increases the risk of lifelong addiction. It notes that many groups in France and around the world have proposed banning sales to generations that have never used tobacco products, aiming to create a "tobacco-free generation".
The report also highlights the UK's move. The UK Parliament passed a law in April barring those born after 1 January 2009 from buying cigarettes, making the UK the second country after the Maldives to introduce such legislation worldwide.
The French body recommended a similar measure for its own country: cigarette sales should be banned for those born after 2009.
Tobacco restrictions introduced in France in recent years include:
- Last year, smoking was banned in open areas such as school surroundings, parks, beaches and gardens.
- On 1 April, the sale of nicotine pouches, chewing gums and balls, which are particularly popular among young people, was banned.
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