- Wine, among other alcohol, is a staple in the French lifestyle and it is completely normal to start drinking at a fairly young age. The official drinking age is 18, although it is not uncommon to start much younger.
- The legal smoking age is 18 but is not readily enforced. Anti-smoking school programs are just now starting to sensitize students to the harms of smoking.
- In 2008, the French government imposed a smoking ban in cafes, bars and restaurants. People in rural are protesting, seeing the ban as an affront to personal liberty. However, the rest of the country seems to have accepted the fact that they have to now go outside to have a smoke.
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