Focus on the smoking ban

How dangerous is smoking outdoors really?

The majority of EU health ministers voted in favor of the EU Commission's proposal to ban smoking in playgrounds, bus stops and outdoor restaurants.(Bild: K.-U. Häßler - stock.adobe.com)

Europe's plan against cancer aims to create a generation in which less than five percent of people consume tobacco by 2040. Now the EU wants to restrict outdoor smoking. How dangerous is it really?

Casually puffing a cigarette outside the hospital while waiting for the bus or train. Supposedly a pleasure for smokers. For non-smokers, walking through the stench is an imposition. In the fight against cancer, the EU wants to create a smoke-free generation by 2040, with less than five percent nicotine fans.