Wales Will Ban E-Cigarettes In Public Places

The move is part of a new Public Health Bill that aims to "protect the health and wellbeing" of people in Wales. It proposes to "place restrictions on the use of e-cigarettes in enclosed and substantially enclosed public and work places bringing their use into line with the existing smoking laws". It will also give ministers "the power to make non-enclosed spaces smoke-free in the future", so vaping may well be banned outright in public.

This will make Wales the first country in the UK to put e-cigarettes on a par with their tar-containing counterparts. A preponderance of e-cigarettes would encourage children to take up the habit, the Welsh officials argue, and could lead them to smoking traditional cigarettes. They don't rule out relaxing the rules in a few years if research shows that it is in fact harmless.Vaping is already banned in public spaces in Malta, Belgium and Spain. Public Health England is currently working on a major evaluation of e-cigarettes, with the findings set to be published later this year.

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