Federal Environment Minister Carsten Schneider is preparing a ban on disposable e-cigarettes. He will present a corresponding law this year, the SPD politician said after a meeting with the environment ministers of the federal states in Leipzig. The disposable devices would then no longer be allowed to be sold in Germany.
Schneider justified the proposed ban with the risk of fires caused by disposable e-cigarettes. Users often simply dispose of them in household waste or the yellow bag - and then cause fires in waste disposal facilities. They are a danger to the life and limb of employees and also a threat to Germany as a recycling location. How often the devices are actually responsible for fires is currently still being "quantified".
In the past, the Federal Council had already spoken out in favor of a ban on disposable e-cigarettes. The German government had declared its willingness to initiate a ban - Schneider has now made it clear that it will come soon. Refillable devices should not be affected by the ban.
