Health minister Frank Vandenbroucke said the inexpensive vapes had turned into a health threat since they are an easy way for teenagers to be drawn into smoking and get hooked on nicotine.

More than 80,000 disposable vapes have been collected in a county-wide recycling scheme. Vape recycling points and kerbside collection services were introduced across Oxfordshire in December 2023.

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Belgium will in January become the first European Union country to ban sales of disposable vapes because of concerns about their use among children and the environmental damage they can cause.

Popular YouTube pranksters the NELK Boys are facing criticism after giving vapes to members of a largely uncontacted tribe in the Pacific. On December 24, Canadian prank group The NELK Boys ...

From January 1, Belgium will ban the sale of single-use vapes, marking a significant step in its national anti-tobacco strategy aimed at protecting young people's health. This decision aligns with ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Flavored varieties of disposable electronic cigarette devices are on display in a shop in Brussels on Dec ...

Vaping devices, also known as electronic cigarettes, e-cigarettes, or vapes, heat liquid into an aerosol for inhalation into the lungs. According to a 2018 study, over 7,700 e-liquid flavors were ...