France has struggled to kick its smoking habit. A new public health decree published Saturday aims to change that. In the coming days, smoking will be banned in all French parks and sports venues, at beaches and bus stops, in a perimeter around all schools, and anywhere children could gather in public.

        • AlteredEgo@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          5 hours ago

          “Vaguely annoy”? :D I mean vaping isn’t really harmful, so what would be the legal basis to ban something like this?

          • catty@lemmy.worldEnglish
            13·
            5 hours ago

            vaping isn’t really harmful

            Yeah, no person would say that, thus you’re a bot. Heck even your history looks like AI slop.

            • AlteredEgo@lemmy.mlEnglish
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              4 hours ago

              Ahh, now I’ve instructed my bot army to downvote you :D But seriously, I’ve read proper research papers about electronic cigarettes. Not the fake ones put out by big tobacco or the puritans where they deliberately measure dry hits, which are sill orders of magnitude better than cigarettes. Ultimately it’s just vegetable glycerin, polypropylen glycol and nicotine, with optional flavor. It’s not like you’d get addicted just by smelling a vape in a park. There is also no gateway to go from vaping to smoking.

              There is simply no valid legal argument you could give why it should be banned. Well, unless it’s massively annoying to a majority of people. But then they should really go after those kids with ghetto blasters and skateboards first.

                • AlteredEgo@lemmy.mlEnglish
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                  3 hours ago

                  Sounds like it would make a good wedge issue for the next election.

                  PS: And yeah I get it, it’s weird that you KNOW someone breathed that out lol. I’d even support it if it was based on annoying someone with vaping at a buss stop or in a park. Like it’s a misdemeanor if someone complains, and only then. That should be enough so people police themselves to be more courteous.