The Palma City Council and the AECC are expanding their agreement to six bathing areas. The signage has already been presented at es Carnatge.
The Palma City Council and the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC) presented on Monday the signage that will identify six beaches in the municipality as 'Smoke-Free Spaces'. The event was held at es Carnatge, one of the areas included in the initiative, along with Ciutat Jardí, es Penyó, Can Pastilla, Cala Major, and Cala Nova.
The campaign, promoted by the AECC, aims to gradually eliminate tobacco consumption from public spaces. In these bathing areas, the association will install the corresponding signs and provide training and awareness on tobacco prevention.
The Deputy Mayor and Councillor for Natural Environment and Healthy Environments, Llorenç Bauzá de Keizer, and the manager of the AECC in the Balearic Islands, Ana Belén Velasco, presented the posters at an event held on the beach of es Carnatge itself.
With the addition of these six beaches, the project extends to the 60 parks and public spaces in Palma that were already part of the agreement signed between the City Council and the AECC on May 30, 2025. Among those places are busy spots such as sa Riera park, Estaciones park, sa Feixina, ses Fonts park, Progreso square, Francesc Garcia Orell square, Krekovic park, or Paris square.
The inclusion of the beaches required the signing of an addendum to the initial agreement. The City Council, in addition to disseminating the association's messages, will promote measures to persuade the population to refrain from smoking in these environments.
Bauzá de Keizer has defended the need to “reduce tobacco consumption as much as possible” through prevention and training campaigns, an objective he has described as “absolutely crucial to increase the level of health, well-being, and quality of life in our city.” He also expressed the “absolute willingness” of the City Council to support any initiative that helps combat factors linked to cancer.
For her part, Ana Belén Velasco has rated the inclusion of the beaches in the project as “very positive” and highlighted that “expanding this initiative to such frequented spaces represents a very important advance” in normalising the consumption of tobacco and new devices. “We want to enjoy a smoke-free beach and for this to increasingly become the natural option, especially to protect children and adolescents,” she added.
The manager of the AECC in the Balearic Islands also emphasised that “prevention remains one of the most effective tools” to reduce the impact of cancer and reminded that the goal is to achieve the first smoke-free generation.
With this measure, bathers in Palma will now find signs inviting them not to smoke on these six beaches. The initiative is part of a broader strategy to reduce smoking in public spaces in the city.
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