Italy's financial and fashion capital Milan has introduced one of the country's toughest smoking bans by announcing a ban on cigarettes. After the ban came into effect, smokers in Milan were fined a heavy amount if found lighting up a cigarette on city streets or crowded public places.

Cigarettes have long been associated with fashion so much so that lit cigarettes remain an occasional feature of runways. Smoking, like the color black, seems to never go out of style in the fashion world.

Milan, Italy’s financial and fashion capital, has introduced one of the toughest outdoor smoking bans in the country. The new law prohibits smoking in all public spaces, including streets, with exceptions only for isolated areas where smokers are at least 10 meters away from others.

Smokers in Italy's financial and fashion capital of Milan risk being fined for lighting up on city streets or crowded public areas, after the country's toughest ban came into effect on Wednesday.- Cheap smokes - Italy's first national smoking ban,

Milan has introduced Italy's toughest smoking ban, outlawing smoking in all public spaces, including streets, starting January 1, 2025, CNN News reports. Smokers caught outdoors could face fines ranging from $41 to $249 (€40 - €240) unless they are at least 10 meters away from other people.

Smoking in outdoors and public areas in Italy’s financial and fashion capital, Milan, is now banned. It’s the toughest extension of a series of

Smokers in Italy's financial and fashion capital of Milan risk being fined for lighting up on city streets or crowded public areas after

Italy’s northern city of Milano introduced a new ban on smoking in all public areas, as reported by the local media on Wednesday.

The Italian city of Milan on Wednesday began enforcing strict limits on smoking tobacco products to improve health outcomes and municipal air quality.