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Jennifer Rankin in Brussels and Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Belgium becomes first EU country to ban sale of disposable vapes

People use vaping products
Belgium’s health minister: ‘E-cigarettes often contain nicotine. Nicotine makes you addicted to nicotine. Nicotine is bad for your health.’ Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

Belgium has become the EU first country to ban the sale of disposable vapes in an effort to stop young people from becoming addicted to nicotine and to protect the environment.

The sale of disposable electronic cigarettes is banned in Belgium on health and environmental grounds from 1 January. A ban on outdoor smoking in Milan came into force on the same day, as EU countries discuss tighter controls on tobacco.

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