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Spain: No Smokers Group Presents Petition to Ban Smoking on Beaches
Local organisation No Fumadores (No Smokers) has delivered a petition signed by over 283,000 people to the country’s environment minister, calling for all Spanish beaches to be free of smoke and discarded cigarette butts.
The group has been gathering signatures for over two years. Their aim is transforming Spain’s 3,084 miles (4,964km) of coastline into areas free of cigarette smoke and waste. Delivered to the minister Teresa Ribera, the petition asks for a national legislation on the issue.
Raquel Fernández Megina of No Fumadores said that the signatures “send the message that we can’t wait any longer”, adding that a ban would protect beachgoers from the effects of secondhand smoke while also curbing the ubiquitous cigarette butts that litter many of the country’s beaches. She highlighted that about 475 local beaches have already been declared smoke free.