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New ban on Spanish beaches: This act could soon cost you 2,000 euros

2021-12-29T07:46:03.225Z


New ban on Spanish beaches: This act could soon cost you 2,000 euros Created: 12/29/2021, 08:37 AM From: Franziska Kaindl A new law could soon provide stricter rules on Spanish beaches. © Perrogon F / Andia.fr / Imago 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 isl


New ban on Spanish beaches: This act could soon cost you 2,000 euros

Created: 12/29/2021, 08:37 AM

From: Franziska Kaindl

A new law could soon provide stricter rules on Spanish beaches.

© Perrogon F / Andia.fr / Imago

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 was intended to 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 nature

, 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. A single smoked cigarette has negative effects in 1,000 liters of water. The ban is intended to protect the beaches from the pollutants.

(fk) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.

Source: merkur

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