Good news: in France, about fifty beaches are labeled “Without tobacco”. Find out if your vacation spot is on the list!
Over the years, cigarettes have gradually lost popularity – and that’s good! While it remains generally legal to smoke in public spaces (provided it is open), places labeled “tobacco-free” are multiplying in France, to the delight of those who are not fans of passive smoking. …
It is forbidden to smoke on about fifty beaches in France
Precisely: at present, in France, there are about fifty “Tobacco-free beaches”, a label created in 2011 by the League against cancer. Here is the list of places where you are not likely (in theory) to be bothered by the smell of tobacco:
- In the Paris region: in Neuilly,
- In Hauts-de-France: in Beauvais,
- In Normandy: several beaches in Ouistreham, Colleville Montgomery, Agon-Coutainville and Saint-Pair-sur-Mer,
- In Brittany: several beaches in Saint-Malo, several beaches in Saint-Quay-Portrieux, several beaches in Plouha, several beaches in Plouezec, Saint-Pol-De-Leon, Plouarzel, several beaches in Plougonvelin, Fouesnant, St. Pierre Quiberon,
- In Pays de la Loire: several beaches in Batz-sur-Mer, several beaches in Pornichet, Saint-Nazaire, La Bernerie en Retz, several beaches in Barbatre, Saint Gilles Croix De Vie, Bretignolles sur Mer, Sainte Foy, in Jard sur Mer, in Talmont Saint Hilaire, in Saint Vincent sur Jard, several beaches in Longeville sur Mer,
- In New Aquitaine: several beaches in La Rochelle, Lamongerie, Ussel, Sanguinet, several beaches in Mimizan, several beaches in Soorts Hossegor, Saint Pée sur Nivelle,
- In Occitania: several beaches in Leucate, Port-la-Nouvelle, Saint Pierre la Mer,
- In the PACA region: several beaches in Cannes, several beaches in Antibes, several beaches in Villeneuve Loubet, several beaches in Cagnes-sur-Mer, several beaches in Nice, Villefranche sur Mer, Menton,
- In Corsica: several beaches in Ajaccio, several beaches in Propriano, several beaches in Bonifacio, in Sainte-Lucie de Porto-Vecchio,
- In Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: several beaches in Aix-les-bains, Cublize, Saint-Étienne,
- In the Grand Est region: in Binderheim, in Haspelschiedt, in Metz.
To find out exactly which beaches are concerned, go to the following map!