Last updated: May 7, 2025

Smoke Free Status of Outdoor Places

Does the law require any outdoor or quasi-outdoor spaces to be smoke free or restrict smoking in any way? Examples of such places include within a specified distance of doorways, outdoor patios of bars or restaurants, parks/beaches, outdoor stadiums, and outdoor markets.

Any outdoor place

Analysis

The law prohibits smoking or exposing others to tobacco smoke in all workplaces, public places, and public transport facilities. The definition of "public open places" found at Art. 1 of Law No. 2019-676 of July 23, 2019, and the prohibition on smoking in "closed or open public places" prohibits smoking in all outdoor public places.