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French Health Minister Marisol Touraine announced in May that the ban on smoking in public places would be extended to cover electronic cigarettes, and that they would be subject to the same controls as tobacco.
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Ms Touraine said: 'The e-cigarette is not an ordinary product.
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A ban would harm the booming e-cigarette industry in France, where around one million people now use the gadgets, vendors insist.
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