Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The iconic image of a smoking Parisian is becoming a thing of the past as France has banned smoking in most public areas. France's ...

STORY: In France, smoking will be banned on beaches, in parks, outside schools and in other public locations starting July, the government said. The ban, which follows similar measures across Europe, ...

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 ...

A woman holds a cigarette during a break in Paris on Wednesday. The Associated Press France is gearing up for a smoking ban that is set to begin July 1. PARIS — Brigitte Bardot lounged barefoot on a ...

PARIS — A restrictive outdoor smoking ban has come into force in France, a country where café culture, which often includes a glass of wine and a cigarette, is a way of life. As of Sunday, smokers are ...

PARIS (AP) — Brigitte Bardot lounged barefoot on a Saint-Tropez beach, drawing languorous puffs from her cigarette. Another actor, Jean-Paul Belmondo, swaggered down the Champs-Élysées with smoke ...

France on Sunday banned smoking in parks and on beaches, part of efforts to protect the public from passive smoke and create the country's first non-smoking generation. The ban, published in the ...

Brigitte Bardot lounged barefoot on a beach in Saint-Tropez, taking long puffs of a cigarette. Another actor, Jean-Paul Belmondo, strode down the Champs-Élysées, smoke billowing from his provocative ...

PARIS (AP) — 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 ...