Based on a choice of the municipality of Milan, from January 1, 2025, smoking might be prohibited within the open areas of the Italian co-capital.
The particular ban will concern streets, courtyards, open areas of eating places and cafes. The one exception is remoted areas wherein every smoker will need to have a “free house”, with out different residents, inside a radius of a minimum of ten meters.
The fines, for many who don’t respect the brand new ban, will begin from 40 and can attain 250 euros. The municipality of Milan clarified that this new measure solely issues “conventional cigarettes” and never digital ones.
As early as 2021, a primary ban has come into power within the northern Italian metropolis, in keeping with which smoking is just not allowed in areas the place residents train, young children play, in addition to at bus stops, cemeteries and sports activities services.
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