Entitled "Turin's Last Cigarette" is the article that La Stampa devotes to the new outdoor smoking ban announced in the Piedmontese capital. Indeed, it will be forbidden to light a cigarette or vape at a distance of less than 5 meters from those around. Unless there is an explicit consent from him. The stop will therefore be triggered at bus stops, around tables in a dehors (where our neighbor is often an inveterate smoker who sends our aperitifs the wrong pipe), at events and in parks, if there are people near us. Those who get out of line - and this is where the debate will open on how to ensure controls - risk a fine of 100 euros. In other cities in Italy the stop is already a reality, such as in Milan, where the rule was introduced in 2021. The change of pace is first of all cultural, and it is no coincidence that not long ago the Minister of Health himself, Orazio Schillaci, announced that he would define a similar measure for all of Italy. Today, however, a national standard still does not exist, and so each municipality is proceeding in short order.
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