Poland Bans Sale Of E-cigarettes To Minors, Public Vaping
Sumaira FH Published September 07, 2016 | 09:45 PM
WARSAW, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News -7th Sept,2016) - Poland will ban the sale of popular e-cigarettes to minors and their use in public spaces under a law that comes into effect on Thursday.
Adopted by parliament in July, the new measures put e-cigarettes on a par with their traditional tobacco-based counterparts, making it illegal to sell them to anyone under 18 years of age or "vape" anywhere that smoking is banned.
The new law also prohibits advertising e-cigarettes, their sale over the internet or from vending machines. An estimated 1.5 million people use e-cigarettes in Poland, an EU state of 38 million people, making sales in the sector worth some 115 million Euros ($129 million) per year.
The United States and several European countries, including Belgium, Luxembourg, Malta, Slovenia and Lithuania, have already banned e-cigarettes in enclosed public places.
Related Topics
Recent Stories
Pakistan v New Zealand T20I series: Tickets to go on sale from today
Currency Rate In Pakistan - Dollar, Euro, Pound, Riyal Rates On 29 March 2024
Today Gold Rate in Pakistan 29 March 2024
Journalists call for global action to end Gaza’s humanitarian crisis
CM for generating opportunities to bring direct int'l investment
Pakistan retains position in FTSE secondary emerging market
High Commissioner of Malaysia hosts Iftar dinner reception
NEPRA announces 2nd quarterly adjustment in power bills with Rs 1.68 cut per uni ..
Hoopo Inc. Collaborates with SAU to Install Solar-Powered RO Plant
04 killed in Spain as Storm Nelson looms
Russian military jet crashes into sea off Crimea: Governor
Rain-windstorm/thunderstorm likely at various parts of country
More Stories From World
-
Biden, Obama, Clinton rake in cash at NYC campaign stop
1 hour ago -
Israeli strike kills 36 Syrian soldiers near Aleppo: war monitor
1 hour ago -
Russian veto ends monitoring of UN's N.Korea sanctions
1 hour ago -
Football: Italian Serie A table
2 hours ago -
Football: Spanish La Liga table
2 hours ago -
World court orders Israel to unblock Gaza food aid, as famine lurks
2 hours ago
-
Football: English Premier League table
2 hours ago -
Greek govt defeats censure motion over train tragedy
2 hours ago -
Baltimore bridge, port recovery will be 'very long road'
2 hours ago -
Ecuador prison riot leaves three dead, six injured
2 hours ago -
In Canada's Quebec, residents miffed over mining boom
2 hours ago -
Hope yet for future of battered and bruised Commonwealth Games
2 hours ago