Smoking ban in France, Germany and Switzerland


Tobacco advertisement appeared in the underground free passage from Monaco's station to the downtown and yacht harbour.
No other tobacco ad was observed in Monaco. Was this tunnel built by a donation of the tobacco company?

A Terminal-5 building of Healthrow airport opened in 2008. No smoking is allowed inside and outside building.


As of November 2008, in Monaco, smoking is not allowed in enclosed or covered public spaces and
places where food or flammable goods are stored. Designated smoking areas are allowed except in
educational institutions and places open to athletes and minors. These designated smoking areas may
not offer any service, in an effort to prevent exposure to smoke by workers.

England's smoking ban took effect since July 2007. The new law is intended to cut deaths from
second-hand smoke. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland already have been similar bans in place.
Doctors estimate second-hand smoke kills more than 600 people a year. It may help smokers to quit,
and discourage children from taking up the habit.

There are no-smoking facilities anywhere in the terminal building in the Airport Healthrow.
People caught illegally smoking could be fined up to 200 pounds.


(L) No-smoking signs of a glass wall of an overpass corridor
(R) A sign plate at La Hospital Saint-Louis in Paris

A young woman and obese man smoking at the narrow street of souvenir shops to the Mont Saint-Michel's abbey

(L) A sign board that prohibits smoking in the train of SNCF (R) Station staff was smoking outside their office at Marseille railway station.

A train passenger was smoking on the plateform, during a short stop at Mannheim station.

(L) Passengers smoking outside the station building, at Marseille
(M) Smokers are talking with tobacco in their hands outside of the Strasbourg station.
(R) Smoking on sitting in the plaza of Alexanderplatz station, Berlin

The Martinstor, one of the original city gates, Freiburg and a smoker

Smokers in cities of Freiburg and Basal and in a designated smoking area of Berlin-Friedrichstrasse station

(L) This picture shows a Strasbourg tram and a man smoking inside the train,
who used the tramcar for the duration of one stop, without buying a ticket.
(R) An automatic vending machine for tobacco sale, observed in Berlin Tegel International Airport.
The price of Malboro and Lucky Strike is 5 Euros per pack.
You first put the number of tobacco goods, and insert a credit card or put a coin in order to buy.

Smoking is allowed in a bar in Basel. Smokers. The sign plate was observed in the business town of Basal, Switzerland.


A widespread ban has been into force in France on smoking in workplaces since February 2007.
People lighting up in airports, railway stations, hospitals, schools, shops, restaurants, bars and
offices will face fines.

In Berlin, Germany, the non-smoking law came into effect on 1 January 2007. In practice,
the smoking ban is generally observed in cafes, theatres and restaurants (where food is served),
but not in bars.

In August 2007, the states of Barden-Wuerttemberg and Lower Saxony banned smoking in
restaurants, bars and clubs. In October 2007 Hesse also passed a law with similar regulations.
Most of the other German states followed in January 2008; however, many of these ban still
allowed smoking in separate ventilated rooms. Smoking is banned on public transport, hospitals,
airports and in public and federal buildings, including the parliament.

In Switzerland, the restriction of smoking in a public space is regulated by the Canton, not nationally.
Geneva introduced a stricter ban, which includes bars and restaurants. On the other, Zurich has
only outlawed smoking in public buildings. In 2008, Basel Stadt has voted to ban smoking in all
restaurants and public places in the city. The writer could not find the exact time, when it starts
to enforce. However, in May 2011, it seems to be clear that total smoking ban is applied to all
restaurants, but not bars.

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今回の旅行でフランスに於ける屋内喫煙禁止の規制がよく守られていることを確認した。フランス国鉄の
キャンペーンもあって、線路に捨てられたタバコの吸い殻はほとんど見られなくなっていた。ストラスブルグ・
トラムで見た、一駅間を無賃乗車した乗客による車内での喫煙行為、マルセーユで体験した車両デッキの
タバコ臭など、例外的な事実は認められたが、すべての面で健康社会を十分実感できたと思う。これは国民の
協力によるものだが、それ以上に行政の先見性、健全性が寄与するところが大である。

2007年7月、英国全土を禁煙法がカバーし、非喫煙者の健康を守る体制が樹立された。利用したヒースロー
国際空港を始め、イギリス当局の実行力に敬意を表したい。

ドイツとスイスは州の権限が強く、喫煙規制に関しても州法で定められている。首都ベルリンでは国会議事堂
を始め、すべての政府機関が全面禁煙となっている。レストランは全面的に喫煙が禁止されているが、バーは
例外のようである。スイスのバーゼルではバー室内での喫煙行為は公認されている。かっては日本と肩を並べて
いたドイツ国内のタバコ自販機はごく僅かとなっており、フライブルグで2台、ベルリン市内には認められず、
空港の飲食店に1台置かれていただけであった。

日本に戻って日本は喫煙規制に関する限り、先進国とは全く乖離した特異な国であると改めて認識した。新宿
駅前には30人ほどの喫煙者の群れがタバコをむさぼるように吸い続け、駅の地下コンコースにはタバコの臭い
が漂っていた。駅構内の飲食店の喫煙席からのものである。こうした天と地との差をいったい誰がもたらした
のであろうか。それは無能な政治家であり、一般大衆の極めて低い認識によるものである。しかし、多くの
禁煙活動家が「間違った道を正しい道」と誤認していた事実は否定できない。


France, Germany and Switzerland
Paris 2011 Mont Saint-Michel Marseille Nice Monaco Lyon Strasbourg Freiburg
Basel Berlin


フランス、ドイツ、スイス喫煙規制検証
2011年5月写真撮影　2011年7月執筆　医学博士　宮本順伯
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This information was provided by the Smokefree Hotel and Travel.
The photographs were taken in May, and the article was written in June 2011,
by Junhaku Miyamoto, M.D., PhD.
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