France: Smoking rates and smoke-free policies

News · France · Oct 28, 2026

France rejects lifetime tobacco ban and targets health misinformation

French MPs have thrown out a plan to stop the next generation ever being legally sold tobacco.

• Ali Anderson

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News · France · Jun 26, 2026

Sweden health minister attacks France pouch ban as ‘idiotic’

• Tim Hong

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News · France · Feb 24, 2026

ANALYSIS: The EU will jumpstart its new rules on safer nicotine products next week. Here’s what to expect.

• Peter Beckett

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News · France · Jan 12, 2026

Teen nicotine use shifts away from cigarettes as smoking continues to fall, global study finds

• Ali Anderson

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News · France · Nov 19, 2025

NZ health minister commended for science-based vaping stance

• Ali Anderson

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News · France · Nov 18, 2025

COP 11: The “dirty ashtray” award goes to...New Zealand?

• AC Alastair Cohen

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News · France · Nov 17, 2025

Ireland weighing nicotine pouch ban, says chief medical officer

• Tim Hong

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News · France · Oct 6, 2025

“A cruel joke on Europe’s smokers”: French pouch ban to go ahead in April

• AC Alastair Cohen

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News · France · Sep 24, 2025

Belgium confirms outdoor smoking and vaping ban from 2027

• Ali Anderson

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News · France · Jun 4, 2025

Sweden challenges French proposed nicotine pouch ban

• Tim Hong

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News · France · Apr 25, 2025

NNPA Warns French Nicotine Pouch Ban Would Undermine Public Health and Violate EU Law

• AC Alastair Cohen

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