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| First minister dismisses e-cigs ban plan in health bill | First minister dismisses e-cigs ban plan in health bill |
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| Plans to ban e-cigarettes in some public places will be dropped from Wales' public health bill, the first minister has said. | Plans to ban e-cigarettes in some public places will be dropped from Wales' public health bill, the first minister has said. |
| It failed to pass on the last day of the previous assembly after opposition from Plaid Cymru. | It failed to pass on the last day of the previous assembly after opposition from Plaid Cymru. |
| Carwyn Jones told BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement the bill would be tabled again without the e-cigs ban. | Carwyn Jones told BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement the bill would be tabled again without the e-cigs ban. |
| "There is no point trying to bang our heads against a brick wall when it comes to e-cigs," he said. | "There is no point trying to bang our heads against a brick wall when it comes to e-cigs," he said. |
| "The public health bill will be brought back to the assembly but, clearly, there is no point including the provisions on e-cigs when we know they are not going to get through." | |
| His comments come at the start of a new assembly term with a returned Labour government ruling with a minority and requiring support from other parties to pass through its plan. | |
| The Public Health (Wales) Bill failed to pass after the presiding officer was required, because of a tie, to also vote against the law, bringing the vote to 27 AMs against and 26 for. | |
| As well as the e-cigarette measure, it aimed to create a compulsory licensing system for tattooists, prohibit intimate piercing of children under 16 and require councils to produce a local toilets strategy. | |
| The vote came despite AMs previously backing revised e-cigarette plans. |