"They're ridiculously cheap, the fruity and sugary flavours are attractive, and their small size makes them easy to hide from parents," said deputy Francesca Pasquini, who submitted the draft law in November last year.

That's not a problem; why bring it up unless you're trying to lay groundwork for banning vapes entirely?

Campaigners accuse manufacturers - many based in China - of deliberately targeting teenagers, using bright colours and a range of flavours reminiscent of the sweet shop, for example marshmallow, chocolate and hazelnut, watermelon, and ice candy.

Adults are allowed to like fruity flavours and gay colours. Fuck you.

"It's an environmental plague," a group of French doctors and environmentalists wrote in Le Monde newspaper earlier this year.

They said each disposable e-cigarette was made of plastic and contained a non-removable battery with around 0.15g of lithium

That is the only logic you need because that is the only thing which should be banned—single used lithium.

aping is considered better than smoking - but the vapour that is inhaled can still contain small amounts of chemicals that are found in cigarettes, including nicotine.

Good. That's the point. Nicotine, as all drugs, is awesome. Does France hate fun?