You could be fined £25 for smoking on a popular tourist holiday beach

TOURISTS face a new £25 fine for smoking on a city’s beaches. Council chiefs yesterday extended last year’s ban at four locations in Barcelona, Spain, to all ten beaches from July. 1 Tourists face a new £25 fine for smoking on Barcelona’s beaches They cite health reasons and say it takes a decade for cig butts to disintegrate. Eloi Badia, councillor for ecological transition, said: “No one was fined last year, and only the odd absent-minded smoker had to be asked to move to the promenade.” The ban will come into effect after an information campaign starting in April. The… Read Full Article