2024-10-29 22:27:00
A ban text will be published in the coming weeks, promised Geneviève Darrieussecq. Before specifying: “the marketing of these products is directly targeted towards young people and I hope that we can protect our youth.”
“Tobacco Free Month is an excellent public health initiative.” The Minister of Health Geneviève Darrieussecq announced this Tuesday, October 29 at the Parisian want to take advantage of the month of November to ban pouches, these “bags containing nicotine to be placed in the mouth, against the gum or under the tongue”.
As well as similar products “which are equally problematic in the form of gums or beads.”
A ban text will be published in the coming weeks, she promised. Before specifying: “The marketing of these products is directly targeted towards young people and I hope that we can protect our youth.”
“Vomiting, convulsions, hypotension”
Geneviève Darrieussecq said she was “very concerned because poison control centers are receiving more and more calls from adolescents for sometimes severe acute nicotine syndromes linked to the consumption of pouches”.
“They result in vomiting, convulsions, hypotension and even impaired consciousness. These are dangerous products because they contain high doses of nicotine. It is our duty to prohibit their marketing,” a- she continued.
The Minister of Health finally indicated that the government will promulgate “in the coming weeks” the transpartisan bill banning puffs, disposable electronic cigarettes, now that the European Commission has given its agreement.
“My goal is to stop their marketing before the end of the year. This must be accompanied by an awareness campaign for young people on all these products,” she concluded.
Clément Boutin Journalist BFMTV
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