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    France to ban e-cigarettes

    Opalim LiftedBy Opalim LiftedSeptember 14, 20231 Comment3 Mins Read
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    WHO said e-cigarettes (vapes) harm the brain development of young people
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    France is set to ban disposable e-cigarettes, known locally as “puffs,” because of the danger they pose to the environment and public health.

    The government is currently developing a new anti-smoking plan, according to Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne, who recently spoke on RTL radio. It should be in force by the end of the year, campaigners said.

    Several other countries in Europe, including Germany, Belgium, and Ireland, have announced similar bans. The UK is also said to be considering one.

    Sold over the counter by tobacconists, disposable vapes in France cost around €9 (£7.70)—less than a packet of 20 cigarettes. They are supposed to offer around 600 puffs, the rough equivalent of 40 cigarettes.

    But France’s National Academy of Medicine described them as a “particularly sly trap for children and adolescents”.

    Élisabeth Borne said, “They create a reflex, a gesture, which children get used to and then end up being drawn to tobacco”.

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    Campaigners accuse manufacturers—many based in China—of deliberately targeting teenagers by using bright colours and a range of flavours reminiscent of the sweet shop, for example, marshmallow, chocolate and hazelnut, watermelon, and ice candy.

    The Alliance Against Tobacco (ACT) said 13% of 13–16-year-olds have tried “puffs” at least once. Most say they started around the ages of 11 or 12.

    “[The ban] is a great victory for civil society. These disposable e-cigarettes are acting as a gateway to smoking for young people,” says ACT president Loc Josseran.

    “It’s become an epidemic. It is terrible how the tobacco industry has set out to hook children.”

    Sam, a 16-year-old Paris schoolboy, said he began smoking disposable e-cigarettes two years ago, shortly after they first appeared in France.

    “They were talking about it a lot on TikTok. It was like a trend. And I thought, Yeah, why not?

    “They’re colourful, and in my head, they are not as dangerous as tobacco. My favourites are iced grape and apricot. I guess if the ban goes ahead, I will start buying regular vapes.”

    In theory, it is not possible to buy “puffs” if you are under the age of 18, but Sam said it was easy to evade the restriction. According to ACT, tobacconists systematically refrain from asking for proof of age.

    Campaigners have also drawn attention to the harm that disposable e-cigarettes cause to the environment. In the UK, a study last year by the environmental organization Material Focus found that more than one million devices were being thrown out every week.

    “It’s an environmental plague,” a group of French doctors and environmentalists wrote in Le Monde newspaper earlier this year.

    They said each disposable e-cigarette was made of plastic and contained a non-removable battery with around 0.15 grams of lithium as well as nicotine, salts, and traces of heavy metals.

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    1. Liana on September 26, 2023 3:15 am

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