Disposable vape ban 'won't stop use by teenagers,' campaigners warn

More needs to beryllium done to forestall teenagers utilizing vapes - which tin travel successful a assortment of flavours similar "blue raspberry lemonade" - contempt a prohibition connected throwaway devices, it's argued

Banning disposable vapes volition not beryllium capable to forestall teenagers picking up the habit, campaigners person warned.

It was announced connected Thursday that the merchantability of single-use vapes volition beryllium prohibited from adjacent June arsenic fears person grown youngsters are getting "hooked connected nicotine".

The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) program has been broadly welcomed, but immoderate experts assertion much needs to beryllium done to curb teenage use.

Hazel Cheeseman, main enforcement of Action connected Smoking and Health, said: "While the prohibition is an important amusement of volition from the Government, without further merchandise and branding regulations this prohibition volition beryllium insufficient to code the popularity of vapes among teenagers."

The British Medical Association added: "Cheap disposable vapes are conscionable 1 of the ways that these products are targeted astatine young radical and a prohibition is agelong overdue. But this determination unsocial volition not halt young radical vaping."

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Single-use vapes are cheap, colourfully packaged and travel successful a scope of flavours specified arsenic "pineapple ice" and "blue raspberry lemonade". It is amerciable to merchantability nicotine vaping products to anyone nether 18 but figures suggest 4 per cent of 11 to 15-year-olds vape regularly.

The proportionality rises to 14.1 per cent of 16 to 17-year-olds, according to Action connected Smoking and Health. Professor Steve Turner, president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said: "A prohibition connected disposables is perfectly the close way forward."

Anouncing the ban, Minister for Public Health and Prevention, Andrew Gwynne, said: "It’s profoundly worrying that a 4th of 11-15-year-olds utilized a vape past twelvemonth and we cognize disposables are the merchandise of prime for the bulk of kids vaping today. Banning disposable vapes volition not lone support the environment, but importantly trim the entreaty of vapes to children and support them retired of the hands of susceptible young people."