They are colorful, flavored, discreet, easy to use, inexpensive, and above all, popular with young people.
The “
puffs
”, these disposable electronic cigarettes, are now visible everywhere, including around schools, where teenagers use them.
A dazzling success, which however has not escaped market players and the authorities: worried, they now want to tighten the screw.
Invited in the morning of France Inter Wednesday, May 3, the Minister of Health François Braun thus said he was in favor of “
the ban on puffs
”, marketed for two years in France.
“
This smoking is a scourge.
It's 75,000 deaths per year, I remind you
, ”he justified himself.
The measure could be included in the "
new tobacco plan 2023-2028
", in "
the next Social Security financing law
" or in "other
laws before the end of the year
", he indicated.
The ministry's offensive aims...
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