{"id":19486,"date":"2019-12-31T09:55:50","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T08:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.generationsanstabac.org\/actualites\/fumer-au-volant-legal-ou-illegal\/"},"modified":"2019-12-31T09:55:50","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T08:55:50","slug":"fumer-au-volant-legal-ou-illegal","status":"publish","type":"actualites","link":"https:\/\/www.generationsanstabac.org\/en\/actualites\/fumer-au-volant-legal-ou-illegal\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoking while driving, legal or illegal?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although the issue has been debated for years, smoking while driving is not always considered an offence in France. Unlike using a mobile phone while driving (Article R412-6-1<\/a> of the Highway Code), smoking is not prohibited.<\/p>\n

In France, a motorist has the right to hold a cigarette, an electronic cigarette, a pipe or even a cigar in his hand while driving, but subject to certain conditions.
\nAny activity that may interfere with good driving practices may be punishable by law.
\nIt is important to remember that smoking while driving can be dangerous for the driver, passengers and other motorists.<\/p>\n

Indeed, a burning cigarette butt dropped in the vehicle, a burn or smoke in the eyes could bother the driver and cause a possible accident.
\nA cigarette butt thrown into nature takes more than twelve years to decompose and pollutes up to 500 liters of water. Harmful to the environment, a poorly extinguished cigarette butt can cause fires, especially during periods of drought. Furthermore, motorists caught throwing their cigarette butts on the road can be fined 135 euros by sworn officers (gendarmerie, police, National Hunting and Wildlife Office, National Forestry Office, Departmental Directorate of Territories and the Sea, etc.)<\/p>\n

On the other hand, for reasons of public health, the law clearly prohibits smoking in cars when a minor (and in particular a child) is inside. This ban, applicable since July 2015, provided for in Article L. 3512-9 of the Public Health Code<\/a>, concerns both the driver and passengers. The smoker then risks a fine of 68 euros (which can reach up to 450 euros in the event of an increase).<\/p>\n

\u00a9Generation Without Tobacco<\/span><\/p>\n

|| \u00a9DNF For a Zero Tobacco world <\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Si depuis des ann\u00e9es la question fait d\u00e9bat, fumer au volant n\u2019est pas toujours consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme une infraction en France. Contrairement \u00e0 l\u2019utilisation d\u2019un t\u00e9l\u00e9phone portable au volant (article R412-6-1 du Code de la route), fumer n\u2019est pas proscrit. En France, un automobiliste a le droit de tenir en main sa cigarette, sa cigarette \u00e9lectronique, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11078,"template":"","tags":[],"thematique":[502],"class_list":["post-19486","actualites","type-actualites","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","thematique-justice"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.generationsanstabac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualites\/19486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.generationsanstabac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualites"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.generationsanstabac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/actualites"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.generationsanstabac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualites\/19486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.generationsanstabac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.generationsanstabac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.generationsanstabac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19486"},{"taxonomy":"thematique","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.generationsanstabac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thematique?post=19486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}