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When a disgusting habit is part of your national identity, banning it might prove to be awkward.
France's new law mirrors broader European trends. Britain, Spain and Sweden implemented significant smoking bans in public ...
The cast of Inglourious Basterds featured several lesser-known actors at the time, but Quentin Tarantino almost cast a few ...
Another actor, Jean-Paul Belmondo ... After glamorizing tobacco for decades, France is preparing for its most sweeping smoking ban yet. The new restrictions, announced by Health Minister Catherine ...
Each French movie averaged nearly three minutes of on-screen smoking, effectively the same exposure as six 30-second television ads. Cinema has been particularly influential. Belmondo’s rebellious ...
Faced with a cost-of-living crisis, rising delinquency, failing public services, and riots in the suburbs, the French government has finally sprung into action – it’s banning smoking outdoors ...
Cigarettes are a gateway drug. Scientists have identified tobacco addiction as the gateway to hard drugs like ganja (cannabis or marijuana) and cocaine. Hence, we cannot take tobacco addiction lightly ...
In a new study, researchers at UC San Francisco determined that eating edible cannabis, such as gummies, has the same impact on cardiovascular risk as smoking marijuana. The risk stems from ...
France is set to implement a sweeping smoking ban in outdoor public areas where children gather, marking a significant cultural shift after decades of glamorizing tobacco in cinema and society.