[Control of smoking to reduce the incidence of bronchial cancer: application of Evin's law in France].

In France, 30% of adults smoke, and males smoke a little bit more than females. Young people smoke more and more, and 50% of 18-24 years-old males and females smoke. Tobacco causes 60,000 deaths each year in France. Publicity is now forbidden (Evins's law). Price of cigarette has been multiplied by two. Interdiction of smoking in public and closed places is however insufficiently respected. Budget devoted to information, education, and prevention, is also dramatically insufficient. By contrast, due to vigilance of the Comité National Contre le Tabagisme, tobacco sales decreased from 1991 to 1997 of 11.1%, and cigarette sales of 14.5%. French situation must be replaced in European and international context. European regulation on smoking interdiction increases the impact of the French legislation.