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Ed Sheeran Celebrates One Year of Quitting Smoking

Ed Sheeran. (Getty Images)
Ed Sheeran. (Getty Images)
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Ed Sheeran Celebrates One Year of Quitting Smoking

Ed Sheeran. (Getty Images)
Ed Sheeran. (Getty Images)

English singer Ed Sheeran said he is celebrating one year of quitting smoke.

Sheeran wrote on Instagram that he is celebrating 365 days since his last cigarette, after he pledged to quit the bad habit in 2017, the Contact Music website reported on Monday.

According to the German News Agency, the 27-year-old singer shared a black and white photo featuring him performing on stage, with a caption: “Celebrating one year being a non-smoker today.”

Sheeran had been a smoker since he was 13-years-old.

He debuted as a singer in 2011 with his first successful album “Plus”, and won the BRIT Award for the Best Male Solo Artist in 2012.

Later this year, Sheeran plans to marry his fiancée, hockey player Cherry Seaborn, whom he met in high school.

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France Bans Smoking in Beaches, in Parks and Bus Shelters

A beachgoer smokes a cigarette on the beach at La Baule on the Atlantic coast, France, June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
A beachgoer smokes a cigarette on the beach at La Baule on the Atlantic coast, France, June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
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France Bans Smoking in Beaches, in Parks and Bus Shelters

A beachgoer smokes a cigarette on the beach at La Baule on the Atlantic coast, France, June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
A beachgoer smokes a cigarette on the beach at La Baule on the Atlantic coast, France, June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

France will ban smoking on beaches and in parks, public gardens and bus shelters from Sunday, the government said.

The decree, published in the official government gazette Saturday, will also ban smoking outside libraries, swimming pools and schools, and is aimed at protecting children from passive smoking.

Health and family minister Catherine Vautrin said in May that tobacco must disappear where there are children.

The freedom to smoke "stops where children's right to breathe clean air starts", she said.

Offenders face a fine of up to €135 ($154), Vautrin added.

The ban will not extend to France's iconic cafe terraces however, the minister said.

Electronic cigarettes, which have boomed in France in recent years, are also not covered.

An estimated 35 percent of France's population are smokers – higher than the averages for Europe (25 percent) and the world (21 percent), according to the World Health Organization.

Around 75,000 people are estimated to die from tobacco-related complications each year in France.