{"id":4035,"date":"2025-02-05T10:08:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T10:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/want-to-smoke-outdoors-in-milan-better-be-far-from-other-people\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T10:08:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T10:08:49","slug":"want-to-smoke-outdoors-in-milan-better-be-far-from-other-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/want-to-smoke-outdoors-in-milan-better-be-far-from-other-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Want to Smoke Outdoors in Milan? Better Be Far From Other People."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Movies like Fellini\u2019s 1960 film \u201cLa Dolce Vita\u201d created an image of Italy as a smokers\u2019 paradise. Cigarettes were the ubiquitous props of glamorous socialites, jaded reporters and just about anyone seated at a cafe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Those days are long gone. A series of laws gradually banned smoking at shared indoor spaces like movie theaters and restaurants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Now, the city of Milan\u2019s center-left government has taken the crackdown one step further, becoming the first major Italian city to ban smoking outside unless the smoker is pretty far from other people. No more huddling around the doors of office buildings. And no more grabbing an after-dinner smoke at the outdoor tables at restaurants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Under the new rules, which went into effect Jan. 1, smoking is banned everywhere except for \u201cisolated areas where it\u2019s possible to respect a distance of at least 33 feet from other people.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cPeople will smoke a little less, which is good for their health and everybody\u2019s health, and those who don\u2019t smoke will be less exposed to secondhand smoke,\u201d Milan\u2019s deputy mayor, Anna Scavuzzo, said in a recent interview. \u201cWe will get used to the fact that smokers have to pay more attention to what they are doing, not nonsmokers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Milan is Italy\u2019s fashion and design capital, known to attract chic \u2014 and often black clad \u2014 visitors for taste-setting events throughout the year. Those arriving for the fashion week this month will no longer find ashtrays on cafe tables, and the visitors who frequent the trendy Navigli district will be hard pressed to find someplace to light up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For detractors, the new rules are an assault on more than just smoking, but on a cherished way of life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe real problem is not the cigarette, but the loss of freedom of choice,\u201d Vittorio Feltri, one of the editors in chief of Il Giornale, a conservative Milan newspaper, bristled in an editorial. \u201cIn a world where we try to control every aspect of our lives, where we are afraid of everything and everyone, smoking outdoors, among friends, is not just a gesture of the convivial power of tobacco, but an act of rebellion against conformity.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Smoking in public indoor spaces has been forbidden in Italy <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2005\/01\/11\/world\/europe\/italys-ban-on-smokinggets-off-to-a-fuming-start.html\" title=\"\">since 2005<\/a>, when the national government enacted what was then one of the toughest laws in Europe. At the time, many questioned how effective the ban would be in Italy, where cigarettes after meals were as common as coffee. But <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/10\/29\/weekinreview\/29rosenthal.html\" title=\"\">Italians complied<\/a>, if grudgingly, and the number of smokers has dropped from 22 percent to 19 percent of the population over 14 years of age, according to the national statistics agency ISTAT and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salute.gov.it\/portale\/fumo\/dettaglioContenutiFumo.jsp?lingua=italiano&amp;id=5579&amp;area=fumo&amp;menu=vuoto#:~:text=Fumatori%20in%20Italia&amp;text=Nel%202023%2C%20secondo%20dati%20ISTAT,donne%20il%2015%2C7%25.\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">health ministry data<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Milanese officials defend the new rules as possibly providing a further benefit. Milan is one of Italy\u2019s most polluted cities and there are hopes that the outdoor restrictions will improve air quality by reducing some particulate matter. According to a regional health agency, cigarette smoke is responsible for 7 percent of the city\u2019s particulate matter emissions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Scavuzzo also said the new rules were fair partly because a vast majority of Italians do not smoke, so it was their right \u201cto not have to breathe other people\u2019s smoke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Roberto Carlo Rossi, the president of Milan\u2019s medical guild, acknowledged the risk posed by secondhand smoke is less outdoors than indoors, adding that when people are 33 feet apart, \u201cit\u2019s difficult for smoke to create problems.\u201d But he also said that it was never pleasant to smell smoke during a meal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt\u2019s a question of good manners,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">During a stroll through Milan\u2019s city center last month, Anna Romano and Giorgia Cappello, pack-a-day smokers, sounded less upset than resigned. They said that when cravings struck, they sought isolated spots, and kept running into other smokers stealthily puffing in back streets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe were all maintaining our distance,\u201d said Ms. Romano, suggesting that people were being respectful. \u201cOr maybe they were afraid of getting fined,\u201d chimed in Ms. Cappello. Fines range from 40 to 240 euro, or about $42 to $249.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Local police have been holding back on fines for outdoor smoking, with only 16 issued in the first three weeks of the new rules going into effect. But Ms. Scavuzzo said that such a soft approach might not last forever.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIf a measure isn\u2019t accompanied by a fine,\u201d she said, \u201cItalians are not so Scandinavian that they\u2019ll respect the law regardless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">There are a few public critiques, like the doctored photo of Giuseppe Sala, the city\u2019s mayor smoking with the tagline, \u201cYou\u2019re not our father. Let us smoke\u201d or a statue at the Milan Polytechnic university of Milan <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ilgiorno.it\/milano\/cronaca\/divieto-fumo-statua-poltecnico-i4st0w5m?live\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">being fitted with a giant cigarette<\/a>. But so far, griping has been subdued, if only because recent inclement weather has kept most people away from outdoor restaurant tables.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">One person who is fuming nonetheless is Marco Barbieri, secretary general for the Milan branch of the Italian retailers\u2019 association Confcommercio, which includes bars and restaurants. He is certain that members of his association will be singled out for fines because it\u2019s easy to spot errant smokers dining or drinking outdoors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe all know smoking is bad for you,\u201d he said, but the restrictions do \u201cnot have the noble objective to educate against smoking. It\u2019s the usual measure which aims to inconvenience and create harm for businesses using the alibi that smoking is bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He added that if city hall had really been concerned about health and pollution, it would have included electronic cigarettes in the ban. City officials have defended their actions, saying that those devices did not burn tobacco and, they believe, were unlikely to have much of an environmental impact. They added that users of e-cigarettes might eventually be held to the same standards as those who smoke regular cigarettes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But the decision to limit the new rules to cigarettes has perplexed both health workers and researchers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThis is a major flaw in the ban, because today young people start with electronic cigarettes,\u201d and then move on to traditional cigarettes, which are relatively affordable in Italy, said Silvano Gallus, a researcher at the Mario Negri Institute in Milan. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/36470977\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Studies show<\/a> that more than half of Italian youths between 13 and 15 have tried electronic cigarettes at least once, a trend he called \u201can emergency.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt\u2019s a pity that e-cigarettes were not banned,\u201d said Anna Mondino, the scientific director of the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.airc.it\/english\/who-we-are\/aims-and-achievements\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">AIRC Foundation<\/a> for cancer research. \u201cBut we\u2019re going to get there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Any restriction \u201cis absolutely welcome,\u201d she added, since such measures, along with advertising warnings on cigarette packages, had led to a drop in deaths from lung cancer and related diseases both in smokers and those exposed to secondhand smoke. That is no small thing, she said, \u201cat a time when social medicine in Italy and elsewhere in the world is becoming essentially unaffordable.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For now, some people are withholding judgment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt\u2019s too soon to tell\u201d whether the new rules will hurt business, said Edoardo Isella, the owner of the downtown Rubin Bar. \u201cWe\u2019ll have to wait a few months, to see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Nicolas Serra, a waiter at Biffi, a historic restaurant inside Milan\u2019s downtown Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, said the 33 feet rule would be difficult to maintain: \u201cProhibition is not the way to get people to stop smoking; the more you ban, the more people want to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But Ms. Mondino of the cancer research foundation has high hopes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cMilan is a good test city, because it is used to changes,\u201d she said. \u201cIf Milan implements it, maybe the rest of Italy will listen.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/05\/world\/europe\/want-to-smoke-outdoors-in-milan-better-be-far-from-other-people.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Movies like Fellini\u2019s 1960 film \u201cLa Dolce Vita\u201d created an image of Italy as a smokers\u2019 paradise. 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