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How is vaping treated in your country, at the moment? (self.vaping)
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Hi. Long-time vaper here, by now almost 10 years, after having smoked for almost 40 years. Stopped doing that the evening that I first tried vaping, haven't touched a cigarette since.

I'm still astounded that the Dutch governments and health agencies discredit vaping, and consider it to be the route towards smoking, instead as a means of quitting. I wonder how your country is treating vaping?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hi, France here. So far everything's fine, vape shops and online stores thrive and aren't impeded and we can vape quality products as French regulations are on the same page as European ones but slightly stricter. Taxes are low and DIY makes it even cheaper.
We cannot smoke or vape in indoors public spaces, and regarding restaurant and café terraces it's up to the owner to allow it or not.

If all goes according to plan (meaning, if politicians aren't bullshitting us) it might get better soon : our Health Minister François Braun is pushing towards well-informed improvements:

  • A strict ban on puffs (which imo aren't doing any good as they're aimed at youngsters to get a nic buzz, not at all to get off smoking);
  • Electronic cigarette might soon be reimbursed by health care payers.

(As a side note, puffs in France are already limited to 20 mg/ml but you still can get 50 mg/ml ones from foreign online stores, notably from Morocco and NZ).

(Side note #2: François Braun is a proper M.D. and a former ER department head. It certainly helps to have someone knowing what they're talking about, we're lucky on this one.)