In case you’re wondering about the name of this blog: French public spaces among world’s smokiest.
Cigarette smoke in restaurants, bars and even hospitals makes France’s public spaces among the unhealthiest in the world. In 42 percent of French public spaces, the air quality ranks as “dangerous” due to high smoke concentrations, claims a recent study.
Only five countries – Syria, Romania, Lebanon, Belgium and Singapore – performed worse, according to the 24-nation study, which looked at bars, restaurants and nightclubs, as well as train stations, airports and hospitals.
And the danger level isn’t even marginal. While air containing more than 250 microgrammes of fine air particles – most of which come from cigarette smoke – per cubic metre is classed as “dangerous”, in France tests found an average concentration of 380 microgrammes per cubic metre.
[tags]France,health,smoking[/tags]
