New ban on Spanish beaches: This act could soon cost you 2,000 euros
Created: 12/28/2021 Updated: 12/28/2021, 8:35 AM
From: Franziska Kaindl
A new law could soon provide stricter rules on Spanish beaches.
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Whether in Barcelona, Málaga or on the Spanish archipelagos of the Canaries and Balearic Islands: an act on beaches will in future be punished with a fine.
Spain, with its islands of Mallorca * and Tenerife, is one of the most popular summer holiday destinations.
But if you like to smoke a cigarette on the beach, you should leave the box in your pocket in the future: A new law should enable the municipalities to turn beaches into smoke-free zones.
Violation could result in a fine of
up to 2,000 euros
, as reported by the British media
The Times
and
Daily Mail
.
The corresponding draft law is said to have already been passed by the Spanish parliament.
According to the petition: smoking ban on Spain's beaches
In many regions of Spain, such as Barcelona or the Canary Islands, smoking bans on the beaches are already in place.
With the new law, the municipalities have even more options to designate
smoke-free zones
.
Smoking bans are also in place in other regions of Europe, such as southern France or Sardinia, but with the new law, Spain could become the first country where beaches are completely smoke-free.
The government
followed
a
petition from 283,000 citizens
who had called for a smoking ban on beaches.
It was only this year that Spain completely banned smoking indoors.
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Negative effects of cigarette consumption on the beach
Last year, the pandemic resulted in smoking bans being introduced on many Spanish beaches. This should reduce the spread of the coronavirus. But cigarettes should also be banned because of environmental pollution. Every year around
4.5 billion cigarettes are smoked in the wild
, as scientists estimate, according to the Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU). The cigarette filters are usually made of a plastic that cannot be broken down in nature. In addition, the stubs contain up to
7,000 toxic chemicals
that are released into nature. Even in 1,000 liters of water, a single smoked cigarette has negative effects. The ban is intended to protect the beaches from the pollutants.
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