World News

531 readers

851 users here now

Rules:

Be a decent person
No spam
Add the byline, or write a line or two in the body about the article.

Other communities of interest:

[email protected]

founded 3 months ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

208

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

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

13 comments fedilink hide all child comments

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

And they're cheaper as well, a disposable one is €10 here while containing about 2 ml of liquid. With the same stores selling refillable starter packs for €16 and 10 ml liquid for €4.

Yet I see the same people hoarding cheap cigarettes while on vacation, but refusing to twist off a cap to refill and plugging it in to charge when it's empty, instead of tearing open a new one.