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He is the one who initiated this creation. “When I went to pick up my children from school, I noticed that some parents were smoking. But the health of children is essential, banning smoking is a way to protect them,” he explains. This is how the idea of this space, created with the support of the League Against Cancer, was born. “It is also a way to denormalize tobacco consumption,” continues Mathieu Martin.
An ashtray for cigarette butts
And as an initiative never comes alone, the advisor had another idea, “people now had to smoke in the street, I was afraid they would leave their butts there”. So, a cigarette butt receptacle was also set up, in conjunction with the start-up TchaoMégot “They collect cigarette butts and transform them into insulation. Here once more, it is a question of cleanliness of the municipality and respect for the environment. »
Since the creation of this space, “I’m not always there but I have the feeling that people respect it,” says Mathieu Martin. Knowing that offenders face a fine, “but the aim is above all to do prevention”. A first which calls for the establishment of other spaces of the same type in other places, “such as the multipurpose hall or the sports complex”, underlined the mayor, Jean Galand, during the inauguration.
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