This is an agreement reached by the Spanish Association Against Cancer in the Balearics (AECC) with the Council of Mallorca and Atlético Baleares football team which plays at the stadium, to mark World No Tobacco Day.
The ban at the Estadi Balear will come into effect when the new season begins in mid-August, but before that, the AECC will begin to educate and inform people about the disadvantages of smoking in public spaces.
According to data from the Association, in almost 100% of public spaces where there are minors, there are traces of tobacco smoke that are harmful to health.
An example would be the bar and restaurant terraces, in 95% of them there are traces of harmful smoke.
Dr. José Reyes, president of the Spanish Association Against Cancer in the Balearics, points out that "72% of minors are exposed to tobacco smoke, 43% of them in outdoor spaces where they inhale more than 70 carcinogenic substances, which multiplies the risk of developing lung cancer in adulthood".
In addition, the campaign against smoking on beaches is also gathering momentum this summer. The AECC launched a social awareness campaign today with the aim of prohibiting smoking on all beaches in the Balearics, as well as extending the current anti-smoking law to protect the population in general, and minors in particular.
The Balearics is one of the Autonomous Communities with the highest number of smokers in Spain, with 21% of its citizens using tobacco on a daily basis.
According to the latest report by the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC), 21% of people in the Balearics smoke every day. Only Extremadura (25 %) and Murcia (24 %) are ahead of the Islands.
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Are they (police) going to be as diligent at enforcing this as they are against prostitutes, looky looky men etc on the streets? The answer is probably a lot more diligent ..it's a far easier to collect fine. After a few weeks they'll give up, as they did during covid. Has anyone bothered to source the other carcinogenic contaminants in our atmosphere....no I thought not.
I have had TWO HEART ATTACKS caused through smoking cigs. Obviously I now find it, and the smell, abhorrent. If my experiences get someone to stop. I would be delighted. The operations and intensive care are not to be suffered.
Smoking should have been banned a long time ago on beaches. Almost every smoker leaves their butts buried in the sand. Just take a look at the number of cigarette butts in the sand next time you are at the beach. Australia banned smoking on all beaches 20 years ago, initially it caused an outcry, but very quickly people got used to it and the beaches were so much cleaner because of it.
Will be nice not to have cigarette butts in the sand on beaches in future. Also good for wildlife, as I have seen birds mistake cigarette butts for good in the past.