"The cigarette in the mouth at the exit of nursery and elementary schools, it is now prohibited", welcomes the mayor who announced Thursday morning the establishment of "tobacco-free spaces" in front of these establishments.
The municipal decree signed on Wednesday provides for a ban on smoking within a perimeter of 50 meters around the entrance to the city's schools, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The device materialized by panels will be gradually deployed.
"And this ban will be recalled in the children's liaison book" for parents, added the mayor joined by AFP.
Secondly, the municipality wishes to extend the measure to nurseries and early childhood establishments, then to secondary schools and high schools, in consultation with the Department and the Region.
Launched on the occasion of the "tobacco-free month", this device responds to a proposal from the League against cancer to participate in the "denormalization" of tobacco use.
"More than a prohibition measure, it is above all a protective measure", underlined Pierre Hurmic, who also intends to fight against cigarette butts in the street and "a form of air pollution responsible for passive smoking" .
For parents and other adult offenders, it will cost them theoretically 11 euros, but initially, the mayor "hopes to avoid fines".
"It is a measure with an especially educational aim," he added.
An agreement, signed in 2019 between the city of Bordeaux and the League against cancer already provided for this measure, proposed in 2018 by the elected socialist, former minister and oncologist Michèle Delaunay but it had never been concretized by a regulatory act. .
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