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Belgium will ban sales of disposable e-cigarettes in a first for the EU (apnews.com)

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Belgium will ban the sale of disposable electronic cigarettes as of Jan. 1 on health and environmental grounds in a groundbreaking move for European Union nations.

Health minister Frank Vandenbroucke said the inexpensive e-cigarettes had turned into a health threat since they are an easy way for teenagers to be drawn into smoking and get hooked on nicotine.

“Disposable e-cigarettes is a new product simply designed to attract new consumers,” he said in an interview.

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[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

Hopefully they allow reusable ones. That's what's stupid in the US, they made shipping nicotine illegal via normal postal providers, then opened the gates for disposables.