Afsané Sabouhi, edited by Laura Laplaud 6:37 am, October 31, 2021
On the occasion of #MoisSansTabac which begins on November 1, the League against cancer is calling on the government to ban smoking around schools.
A measure that would affect 61,510 schools, colleges and high schools and which would "denormalize" cigarettes in the minds of children and adolescents.
After beaches, parks and playgrounds, the League against cancer wants to ban smoking around the 61,510 schools in France.
A way to prevent young people from starting to smoke, cigarettes being directly responsible for one in three cancer and 75,000 deaths per year.
"At 17, 25% of young people smoke regularly," says Yana Dimitrova, prevention officer at the League against cancer.
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Tobacco-free spaces
As the #TobaccoFreeMonths challenge begins on November 1, schools, colleges and high schools must become tobacco-free spaces to denormalize cigarettes in the minds of young people, recalls Yana Dimitrova.
"The school must become a place favorable to health ... If we want the 2030 generation without tobacco, which the President of the Republic wants, we must act now."
A measure already taken in some municipalities
Several municipalities have already started to ban cigarettes from the vicinity of schools: Caen, Auxerre, Melun, Nîmes or even Brive-la-Gaillarde.
The League against cancer calls on the government to move to generalization by decree.
86% of French people are for the application of this measure, according to a survey conducted by the League against cancer in 2020.