Smoking in parks, beaches, stadiums, cars and on television and films could become illegal in Italy.

According to La Repubblica, Beatrice Lorenzin, the country’s health minister, is seeking a variety of stricter rules, likely starting with attempting to ban smoking in vehicles while children is present.

Smoking is already banned in indoor public places—including bars—in the country.

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Charlie Minato

I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.