The French parliament on Thursday voted to ban single-use electronic cigarettes, considered to be gateways to tobacco addiction for teenagers and harmful to the environment.<\/p>\n
The bill was approved by the French parliament with a final vote in the Senate upper house. France now becomes the second EU country after Belgium to have introduced such a ban.<\/p>\n
Pre-filled disposable e-cigarettes, known as \"puffs\", are popular with young people, can have a high nicotine content, come in many flavours including apple, watermelon and cola and are cheap.<\/p>\n
\"It is a great victory in a two-pronged battle that we were fighting: an environmental battle against the polluting lithium batteries in these 'puffs', and a health battle for our schoolchildren,\" lawmaker Francesca Pasquini, the author of the bill, told AFP.<\/p>\n
\"A fine piece of cross-party work!\" lawmaker Michel Lauzzana said on X.<\/p>\n
Addressing President Emmanuel Macron, Lauzzana added: \"We are now awaiting the promulgation of this law and its application throughout the country.\"<\/p>\n
The legislation was earlier approved by the National Assembly lower house.<\/p>\n
The measure is part of a wider government anti-smoking campaign.<\/p>\n
Health authorities in France and Belgium say that chronic nicotine consumption is especially harmful to the adolescent brain and could encourage use of other drugs.<\/p>\n
In December 2024, Belgium approved legislation to become the first EU country to ban disposable e-cigarettes.<\/p>\n
The European Union aims to achieve a tobacco-free generation by 2040, reducing the 27-country bloc's smoking population from around 25 percent now to less than five percent of the total.<\/p>\n
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