France planning to ban disposable vapes in effort to combat smoking

Ban follows similar measures in Germany, Australia and New Zealand amid concern over health effects of sweet flavoured e-cigarettes

Disposable vapes will be banned in France as part of a national plan to combat smoking, the prime minister Élisabeth Borne said on Sunday.

She told broadcaster RTL that the government would “soon present a new national plan to fight against smoking with, in particular, the prohibition of disposable electronic cigarettes, the famous ‘puffs’ which give bad habits to young people”.