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Milan introduces Italy's toughest rules on outdoor smoking
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A new smoking ban has been implemented in Milan, Italy, marking the toughest in the country. The ban does not include e-cigarettes or vapes and focuses on reducing pollution rather than health concerns. Smokers can be fined between 40 and 240 euros, approximately $41 to $249 USD, for defying the ban.
Without adequate controls, the ordinances risk remaining measures aimed more at raising awareness than at solving. The positive aspect is that public businesses are not imposed the role of 'carabinieri', leaving the burden of checks to the competent authorities.
This is a provision with several critical issues. For us it is a provision that will not have the desired effects, it has some regulatory weaknesses, it probably also creates a bit of confusion in its application, but we are not making a battle out of it.
When a person is in the office, (to smoke) they move to the balcony or to the street. It is obvious that there is bound to be a decrease in (cigarette) consumption.
sources
perspectives
countries
organizations
- 1.European Union
- 2.ISTAT
- 3.World Health Organization
- 4.National Institute of Statistics
- 5.Fipe Confcommercio
- 6.Italian Tobacconists Federation
persons
- 1.Anna Scavuzzo
- 2.Chiara Ciuffini
- 3.Emanuele Marinoni
- 4.Lino Stoppani
- 5.Morgan Ishak
- 6.Myrian Illiano
- 7.Stellina Lombardo