The EU Council has approved new recommendations on smoke- and aerosol-free environments across the bloc to strengthen protection against exposure to second-hand smoke and to "encourage current smokers to quit”, bucking Parliament's recent shelving of the proposal.
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00:00European member states approved the recommendation to extend the smoking ban to certain outdoor
00:11areas such as cafe terraces, playgrounds or bus stops.
00:16This ban is not only for tobacco but also for emergent products such as electronic cigarettes
00:21or heated tobacco products, which are particularly popular among young people.
00:27However, this recommendation is not binding. The member states are free to adopt and apply or not.
00:36We went to check the pulse of customers in restaurants to see how they feel about this.
00:56There are customers who will come less to the establishment as soon as this ban is passed.
01:05This is a public health issue. 27% of cancers are attributed to smoking.
01:12E-cigarettes also emit toxic substances that cause heart and lung disorders, according to the WHO.
01:20Public health associations welcome a timely revision.
01:24The last recommendation of the Council on this issue was in 2009.
01:44Besides shielding people from second-hand smoke, expanding no-smoking areas also seek to shift social norms,
01:50discouraging the next generation from taking up the habit by observing other smokers.
01:55For us it is very important that no-smoking and no-smoking become a new social norm.
02:03We want to put a lot of effort into creating this social norm, so that young people who are now born or who are now under 10 years old
02:11will never feel like smoking or smoking.
02:25This is smoking legislation.