A picture taken 16 October 2006 shows cigarette butts in an ash tray on a Parisian street. The French government 16 November 2006 published a decree banning smoking in public places from February but giving bars, restaurants and nightclubs a reprieve till January 2008. The ban, following similar measures in other European countries including Ireland, Scotland and Italy, will apply to "all closed and covered places that are open to the public or are places of work."
AFP PHOTO THOMAS COEX (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP)