The national assembly voted unanimously for the move late on Monday, which still needs backing from France’s upper house senate as well as clearance from the EU Commission.

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

The bill’s co-sponsor, Michel Lauzzana, said France’s National Academy of Medicine qualifies disposable vapes as “a sneaky trap especially for children and teenagers”.

The motion, which was supported by all 104 members of parliament present, also has the backing of the French prime minister, Elisabeth Borne, who in September called for a ban on the single-use vaping devices, which at the time she accused of giving “bad habits to young people”.

The French move against puffs, introduced in France two years ago, follows similar initiatives in Germany and Ireland.

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