In describing places where public services see a need for “effective protection against exposure to passive smoking and aerosols,” they emphasize outdoor recreation areas, especially if these are places where children often go, for example, public playgrounds, amusement parks, swimming pools and zoos.

Similarly, Brussels points to open or semi-covered areas next to establishments as performance spaces, citing balconies, roof terraces, verandas or patios and also “restaurants, bars, cafes and other similar premises”. Semi-open areas for public transport, such as bus stops, trams, trains and airports They are also marked.

In addition, the community leader undertakes to offerfinancial support for the implementation of recommendations Strengthen smoke-free zones, including items worth 16 million euros that the public treasury is reserved for health programs and 80 million from the Horizonte programme to combat tobacco and nicotine.

The community team describes other initiatives to support states member in development of preventive measures better protect children and young people, including the links between physical and mental health, which will be further developed within the new European Commission to be established this autumn.

According to the community administration, some 700 thousand people die every year in the EU countries because of to diseases associated with tobacco useincluding “tens of thousands” of which are consumed indirectly, through passive smoking.

(Europe Press)