Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), Material Focus and Chartered Trading Standards Institute have worked collaboratively to raise concerns about their links to the increase in teen vaping and the impact of these single-use products on the environment.
The organisations have said the ban is unlikely on its own to be sufficient in addressing these issues but is a welcome indication of the government’s intention to address the problems in the vaping market. It is backed by the public, with 77 per cent supporting the measure.
Hazel Cheeseman, chief executive for ASH, said, “When there is a viable alternative to disposable products the government is right to push ahead with this ban. The public are fed up of seeing disposable vapes littered across our communities and the proposed regulations are already driving changes in the market with more reusable versions of popular disposable brands being sold.
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