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New Zealand to ban disposable e-cigarettes amid surge in youth vaping
New Zealand said Wednesday it will ban disposable e-cigarettes, or vapes, and raise financial penalties for those who sell such products to minors.
The move comes less than a month after the government repealed a unique law enacted by the previous left-leaning government to phase out tobacco smoking by imposing a lifetime ban on young people buying cigarettes.
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New Zealand’s Associate Health Minister Casey Costello said Wednesday that e-cigarettes remain «a key smoking cessation device» and the new regulations will help prevent minors from taking up the habit.
«While vaping has contributed to a significant fall in our smoking rates, the rapid rise in youth vaping has been a real concern for parents, teachers and health professionals,» Costello said.
A row of vapes is seen in an Auckland, New Zealand, store on Feb. 11, 2018. (Michael Craig/New Zealand Herald via AP)
Under the new laws, retailers that sell vapes to children under 18 years of age will face fines of up to $60,000, while individuals will be fined $600.
Other regulations introduced will prevent e-cigarettes from being sold with images that might appeal to young people or with enticing names.
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French elections: Riots erupt after left-wing coalition projected to win plurality of seats
Crowds of protesters and celebrators flooded the streets of Paris as French election results began pouring in on Sunday.
On Sunday, French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announced his intent to resign after a far-left political coalition was poised to win a plurality of French parliamentary seats. The coalition had unexpectedly assembled before the snap elections began.
Tens of thousands of left-wing demonstrators gathered in Paris’s Place de la République on Sunday night to celebrate the news. Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron’s centrist coalition is projected to take second place.
The results were a huge upset for conservatives in France, who had hoped that Marine Le Pen’s National Rally would take power.
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Riots broke out in Paris as election results began rolling in. (Reuters)
Social media footage shows massive bonfires in Parisian streets as authorities confronted demonstrators while wearing riot gear.
Tear gas was released as rowdy protesters were arrested. Protesters were also recorded throwing Molotov cocktails in the streets and setting off smoke bombs.
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Demonstrators started bonfires and threw Molotov cocktails in apparent support of France’s left-wing coalition. (Reuters)
The left-wing coalition, which is called the Popular Front, is made up of France’s Socialist Party, the French Communist Party, a green political party called the Ecologists and France Unbowed.
The bloc has pledged to institute a number of measures if elected, including scrapping Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform and working towards establishing «a right to retire» at 60 years old.
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French police wore riot gear while handling the protests. (Reuters)
The coalition also pledges to increase wages for public sector employees, establish a wealth tax and raise France’s minimum wage.
Reuters and Fox News Digital’s Greg Wehner contributed to this report.
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