In effort to protect children, France bans smoking at parks and beaches

A woman smokes a cigarette at Kerlouan in Brittany in France on May 30. The country is banning smoking in many public places.

Smokers are no longer allowed to light up in public parks, at swimming pools, or at beaches, or "anywhere children may be present," said French health and family minister Catherine Vautrin.

(Image credit: Vincent Feuray/Hans Lucas)