http://www.tobacco.org/newsfeed/country/france.rss Latest top tobacco news headlines en-us http://www.english.rfi.fr/environment/20120201-smoking-rise-despite-five-years-frances-public-smoking-ban http://tobacco.org/news/333169.html France's anti-smoking laws have failed to reduce the number of smokers and are often ignored but they have reduced the risk of cancer for barmen and waiters, officials announced on the fifth anniversary of the introduction of a ban on smoking in public places. Smoking was banned in French workplaces, schools, hospitals and stations on 1 February and in bars, restaurants, casinos and discotheques 11 months later. But it has not persuaded people to stop smoking, figures released Tuesday showed. The proportion of 18-75-year-olds who are regular smokers has risen two points to 30 per cent since 2005. That is mainly because more women are smoking - 28.7 per cent smoked every day in 2010, compared to 26.9 per cent in 2005. "The biggest problem with the French prohibition is the lack of control," Maria Cardenas of France's Non-Smokers' Rights told RFI. Radio France Internationale France Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://m.guardian.co.uk/ms/p/gnm/op/sVbP0B8DG36KCN7UW24NA7A/view.m?id=15&gid=fashion%2F2012%2Fjan%2F17%2Fmens-fashion&cat=fashion http://tobacco.org/news/332249.html Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall, the ultimate rebel student soundtrack, blared out from Dsquared's classroom set. 'Model' students lounged at desks at the end of the runway, throwing balled-up paper, smoking in class, flunking algebra. Meanwhile their classmates walked the catwalk in a mash-up of public-school blazers, high-school denims and sweats, and Citizen Smith-customised military parkas worn over the quintessential Dsquared tuxedo. The Guardian France Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2012/01/11/Discarded-smokes-in-Paris-to-bring-fine/UPI-46111326317199/ http://tobacco.org/news/331956.html City authorities in Paris say smokers who discard their cigarette butts on city streets could be fined $45 under a plan to cut litter in the City of Lights. The number of discarded cigarette butts has increased as smokers have taken to puffing outdoors following a ban on indoor smoking instituted in 2008, The Local reported Wednesday. About 315 tons of cigarette butts, or megots as they are known in French, are collected each year, authorities said. UPI France Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.romandie.com/news/n/_La_compagne_d_un_ancien_fumeur_assigne_en_justice_un_cigarettier_americain081220111712.asp http://tobacco.org/news/330123.html NANTERRE - The wife of a former heavy smoker with cancer sued Thursday in chambers before the Tribunal de Grande Instance of Nanterre an American tobacco company, saying in turn be a victim of the illness of his companion, it was learned from his lawyer. This woman, aged 75, calls into question the manufacturer RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company, creator and distributor of several brands of cigarettes including Camel, the energy consumed by his companion. . . . The lawyer told AFP that his client cares for and supports, day and night for twelve years, his companion unable to travel alone and lost the use of the word. These constant care have an impact on his health and his mental state, added Mr. Ludot. It's a difficult situation to handle because you have to be there constantly. This is a clinic at home. I do not go. I am also a victim of tobacco, a victim because I am obliged to attend my family, had said on Wednesday his client RTL, Mariette Binet. Agence France Presse France Thu, 08 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.20minutes.fr/ledirect/838018/compagne-gros-fumeur-va-attaquer-geant-americain-tabac http://tobacco.org/news/330122.html Mariette Binet, 75, lives at the bedside of his friend, former smoking four packs a day, which is in constant need of assistance. She believes that, too, and indirectly, a victim of tobacco. "Tobacco is killing my companion, but I also makes life impossible," she said on the radio. Tobacco "is killing us both," said the retiree. Ellei will assign the next few days the RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company, which manufactures brand cigarettes including Camel and Lucky Strike 20 Minutes France France Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.rtl.fr/actualites/article/la-compagne-d-un-gros-fumeur-attaque-l-industrie-du-tabac-7740173226 http://tobacco.org/news/330121.html The wife of a former heavy smoker, whose health continues to deteriorate and considered condemned by the medical, considers to be a casualty of this situation and will attack an interlocutory U.S. manufacturer of cigarettes. Mariette Binet, 75, said that over several years, the serious illness of his companion's forced to become a permanent carer. "Tobacco is killing my companion, she said, but I also makes life impossible." The old lady admits exhausted. For the first time that this argument will be subject to French justice. The summons to the court of Nanterre should be filed in the coming days. . . . Ludot with his lawyer, so she turns against the Reynolds Tobacco Company, liable to him from this hell. The first ... Mariette Binet does not require money, but an expert to establish that cigarette smoking has also shattered his life. RTL.fr France Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2011/12/07/97001-20111207FILWWW00482-une-compagne-de-fumeur-porte-plainte.php http://tobacco.org/news/330120.html The wife of a former smoker, whose health is rapidly deteriorating and considered condemned by medicine, considers to be a casualty of this situation and will attack an interlocutory U.S. manufacturer of cigarettes. RTL shows that Mariette Binet, 75, is constrained by the serious illness of his companion to turn into permanent carer. "Tobacco me also makes life impossible," says one who admits exhausted. Le Figaro France Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.thelocal.fr/1492/20111017/ http://tobacco.org/news/327648.html Smokers face an average rise of 0.30 euro ($0.40) on a packet of cigarettes on Monday, making France the fourth most expensive European country for people wanting to light up. Prices have risen by over 70 percent in ten years, taking the price of a pack from €3.60 to €6.20 for the best-selling Marlboro brand. Only the UK, Sweden and Ireland have more expensive cigarettes. A further 6 percent rise is planned for 2012. While the total number of cigarettes sold has fallen over the last ten years, data showed a recent rise in cigarette sales. The drug watchdog OFDT (Observatoire français des drogues et des toxicomanies) reported a 0.14 percent increase in 2010. A report in June from two public health bodies said that the number of daily smokers has risen again in the last five years. The report found that the proportion of daily smokers went up from 28 percent in 2005 to 30 percent in 2010, with women showing the highest rise. The Local Europe news@thelocal.fr France Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2011/10/12/tobaccocontrol-2011-050079.abstract?papetoc http://tobacco.org/news/327495.html Results Plain packs (PP) were less likely than regular packs, and particularly limited edition packs, to be considered attractive, attention grabbing and likely to motivate youth purchase. PPs were also rated as the most effective in convincing non-smokers not to start and smokers to reduce consumption and quit. Logistic regression showed that smokers motivated to quit, in comparison to smokers not motivated to quit, were significantly more likely to consider the PPs as the packs most likely to motivate cessation. Conclusions Novel cigarette packaging, in the form of limited edition packs, had the highest ratings of consumer appeal, ahead of regular branded packs and also PPs. Interestingly, PPs were perceived to be the packs most likely to promote cessation among those adults with quitting intentions. Plain packaging, therefore, may be a means of helping existing adult smokers motivated to quit to do so. Tobacco Control France Thu, 13 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.romandie.com/news/n/_British_American_Tobacco_condamne_pour_une_publicite_illicite_a_Strasbourg111020111110.asp http://tobacco.org/news/327404.html British American Tobacco France was condemned by the Court of Appeal of Colmar for illegal advertising of tobacco on the occasion of the European Fair of Strasbourg in 2004, said on Tuesday with the court. It will pay to the plaintiff, the association rights of nonsmokers (DNF), 10,000 euros in damages. When the European Fair of Strasbourg in 2004, British American Tobacco France (BAT France) was used for his sales booth dedicated to tobacco a background of a desert landscape crossed by a two-lane road. The concepts of freedom, travel, back to nature associated with the word tobacco is a propaganda product, said the Court of Appeal, reversing the decision of acquittal made ​​at first instance by the criminal court in Strasbourg in April 2010. However, it has confirmed the release of Philips Morris France, also referred to DNF, saying the only use of color by this company related to its products on the stand at this fair was not even an advertisement. Agence France Presse France Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.lavenir.net/article/detail.aspx?articleid=DMF20111011_00057819 http://tobacco.org/news/327401.html The Walloon Minister for the Civil Service, Jean-Marc Nollet, urged everyone to exercise common sense about smoking in certain public service workers in Wallonia (SPW) and the obligation upon them to point to when they go out to smoke. "I do not think it is through policies that reduce stigmatization of smoking and other addictions. We must take these issues head-on body, with the help of experts in these matters. This is not a clock that will solve the problems of addiction, "he said in Committee of the Walloon Parliament, in response to questions from Graziana Trotta (PS), Willy Borsus (MR), and Dimitri Fourny (CDH). L’Avenir France Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/11/director-lynch-turns-attention-to-paris-night-club/?scp=2&sq=smoking&st=nyt http://tobacco.org/news/327370.html If there's something familiar about the brand-new Silencio, a subterranean club in Paris (142 rue Montmartre; www.silencio-club.com), it may be because you are a fan of the director David Lynch. A cross between Studio 54 and a 20th-century Parisian salon, the club takes its name from Mr. Lynch's 2001 film "Mulholland Drive" -- but that's not where the connection ends. He also helped design it. . . . Mr. Lynch, who recently stopped smoking, expressed particular pride in the smoking room; he said that he believes smokers should not be ostracized for their habit. The room does indeed have a striking look, like a bamboo forest on the moon (smoke extractors are hidden in the floor). He also likes the bathroom, with its black marble communal sink and hand-painted gold leaf walls. “After all, we all meet there sometime during the evening,” he said. “We should look beautiful when we see ourselves in the mirror.” New York Times Blogs travelmail@nytimes.com (VALERIE GLADSTONE) France Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.bmj.com/content/343/bmj.d6521.full http://tobacco.org/news/327332.html France is considering introducing an innovative new additional tax on the tobacco industry, in an effort to reduce the number of deaths from tobacco related illnesses. It is estimated that there are 60 000 deaths a year in France from these illnesses. The proposed new tax, which would raise money to be used in France and in the developing world, is inspired by Unitaid, the international facility to buy drugs for developing countries. Unitaid’s main source of funding is a levy on airplane tickets. France’s minister of health, Xavier Bertrand, has commissioned a report on new ways of implementing all measures recommended in the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which France ratified in 2004. The report will be prepared by the member of the National Assembly Yves Bur, who is in the same party as the minister, the centre right Union for a Popular Movement. “The key idea is to take the struggle against tobacco out of party politics,” said Mr Bur. He is hoping to wean the state off the €18bn (£16bn; $24bn) it receives each year from taxes on tobacco. “Tobacco control policies should not be decided in the Ministry of Finance,” he said. British Medical Journal France Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://plus.lefigaro.fr/note/smoking-on-the-clock-should-employees-pay-to-puff-20111006-564241 http://tobacco.org/news/327290.html Some European companies and government offices are sticking it to their tobacco-loving employees, forcing them to punch the clock any time they step out for a cigarette break. In France, Belgium and Italy, the policy has sparked controversy and left smokers fuming. Should cigarette breaks be deducted from working hours? The debate rages on in France, where a few companies have begun requiring employees to take their ID cards off when heading outside for a puff, and put them on again when returning to their desks. The issue has come up in other parts of Europe as well. Le Figaro Europe France Thu, 06 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/08/debate-should-cigarette-breaks-be-deducted-from-working-hours/ http://tobacco.org/news/327236.html Should cigarette breaks be deducted from working hours? The debate rages on in France, where a few companies have begun requiring employees to take their ID cards off when heading outside for a puff, and put them on again when returning to their desks. The issue has come up in other parts of Europe as well. This past summer the registry office in Florence, Italy began docking smokers for their frequent breaks. And as of this week, civil servants in Walloonia, the predominantly French-speaking southern region of Belgium, are also being obliged to deduct their cigarette breaks. CNN GPS@cnn.com (Fabrice Amedeo, Worldcrunch) Europe France Sat, 08 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT