France to ban disposable vapes

Disposable vapes will quickly be banned in France as a part of a nationwide anti-smoking plan, prime minister Elisabeth Borne mentioned.

Borne, talking on RTL radio, didn’t say when the ban would enter into power.

She mentioned the federal government would quickly unveil its new plan to fight smoking, which she mentioned is the reason for 75,000 deaths a yr within the nation.

Health inspectors have seized more than 2000 vapes as part of an eight-week blitz on the illegal sale of nicotine e-cigarettes in South Australia. Authorities have checked 152 businesses and seized 2800 vapes just five weeks into the plan to help cut off the supply chain. — Disposable vapes will quickly be banned in France. (Nine)

It will embrace a ban on disposable vapes, which she mentioned “are giving bad habits to young people.”

“It’s a reflex and a gesture that young people get used to. That’s how they get into smoking,” she added.

Most of the disposable e-cigarettes, that are thrown away after they’re used up, are available in candy and fruity flavours like pink lemonade, gummy bear and watermelon that makes them engaging to youngsters.