荷兰计划从明年某个时候开始禁止调味电子烟产品。政府周二表示，目标是降低电子烟对年轻人的吸引力。

政府说，目前许可的口味包括莫吉托、草莓冰淇淋、芒果和巧克力。据路透社报道，由于其甜美的味道和较低的健康风险，电子烟在年轻的非吸烟者中迅速普及，他们经常被视为传统烟草产品的垫脚石。

卫生部副部长Paul Blokhuis说：“在我国，每年有2万人死于吸烟，每天有大约75个孩子开始吸烟，这是令人无法接受的。” “我们看到的无烟一代也需要没有电子烟。”

政府说，政府将完善烟草法律，以包括对调味电子烟的禁令，该禁令很可能在明年上半年生效。烟草味的雾化产品仍将可用，主要是帮助传统卷烟烟民戒掉烟瘾。

荷兰政府在2017年的一份报告中说，超过四分之一的12至16岁的人表示，他们至少尝试过一次抽电子烟。自2016年以来，荷兰禁止18岁以下的任何人食用电子烟和水烟。

Dutch Plan to Ban Flavored Vapor in 2021

June 27, 2020

The Netherlands plans to ban flavored vapor products beginning sometime next year. The goal is to make vaping less attractive to young people, the government said on Tuesday.

Flavors currently available range from mojito and strawberry ice cream to mango and chocolate, the government said. With its sweet tastes and perceived lower health risks, vaping has rapidly become popular among young non-smokers, who are often seen to use them as a stepping stone to regular tobacco products, according to an article from Reuters.

“It is unacceptable that 20,000 people die every year in our country from the effects of smoking and that every day around 75 kids start smoking”, deputy health minister Paul Blokhuis said. “The smoke-free generation we see coming also needs to be free of electronic cigarettes.”

The government will refine the tobacco law to include the ban on flavored e-cigarettes, which is likely to take effect in the first half of next year, the government said. Tobacco-flavored vaping products will remain available, mainly to help regular smokers kick their habit, it said.

A Dutch government report in 2017 said that over a quarter of people aged 12-16 said they had tried vaping at least once. Electronic cigarettes and water pipes have been banned in the Netherlands for anyone under the age of 18 since 2016.