Since the beginning of the New Year, smoking outdoors in Milan, the second largest city in Italy, will be prohibited.
According to reports in the national media, Milan’s municipality, as part of climate and air planning, decided to expand the scope of a limited ban on smoking, which was first introduced in 2021 for public places, such as stadiums, parks, cemeteries and bus stops. << /p>
From January 1, 2025, smoking will also be prohibited in all public places.
According to the new rules, the use of cigarettes and tobacco products will be allowed only in certain special zones, provided that the distance between the smokers will be at least 10 meters.
violators of the rules will be fined from 40 to 240 euros.
According to the PM10 Concentration parameter, used in measuring air quality, cigarette consumption plays a 7-percent role in air pollution in the industrial and financial center of Italy.
The decision of the thorough of smoking will be put into effect within the framework of the program aimed at reducing the halves of carbon dioxide by 2050.
Some manufacturers and sellers of tobacco plan to challenge a new ban in the regional court, arguing that the municipality does not have the right to make such a decision.
The decision similar to Milan, was enforced in April this year in Turin, another industrial city in the north of the country ,.. The municipality of Turin forbade smoking in open spaces within a radius of 5 meters from people.