The government has announced that disposable vapes are to be banned in England by the summer of next year.
In June 2025, it will become illegal to sell vapes for single use. This is to prevent environmental damage as well as their widespread usage by children.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs announced on Wednesday that the legislation was already in place. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said that it worked closely with the devolved government on the ban. It would “align” coming into effect dates.
Defra stated that businesses will have until the 1st of June, 2019 to “sell any remaining stock and prepare for this ban’s coming”.
Mary Creagh said that throwaway vapes are “extremely wasteful” and “blight our cities and towns”.
She continued: “That’s why we are banning vapes for single use as we work to end the throwaway culture in this country.” This is the beginning of a circular economic system, in which we will use resources longer, reduce waste and accelerate the path towards net zero, while creating thousands of jobs throughout the country.
The vaping industry has claimed that the bill would fuel sales of disposable vapes on parallel markets.
John Dunne is the director-general of the UK vaping Industry Association. He told BBC Radio 4’s Today program on Thursday that “one of the biggest concerns I had, with the last bill version that I saw before the new government came in, was that it didn’t have, for example, a prohibition on the importation or sale of products they were going to ban.” In my opinion, this will only fuel the black market.
Dunne stated that vapers will buy products from overseas. He also said the parallel market for vapes is already “one the authorities cannot really keep up with”.
The previous parliament was unable to pass the bill that Rishi Sunak’s government had introduced.
The bill on tobacco and vapes would prohibit anyone born after 2009 from smoking legally by gradually increasing the age of tobacco purchase. The bill also sought to restrict the marketing and sale of vapes for children.
In the UK, almost 5m single-use Vapes was either littered on the ground or thrown in with general waste each week – nearly four times more than the previous year.
Defra reported that vape use in England has grown more than 400% from 2012 to 2023. Currently, 9.1% of British consumers buy and use the products.
Andrew Gwynne, the health minister, said: “It is deeply concerning that one quarter of 11 to 15 year olds vaped last year. We know disposables are used by the majority of children vaping today. The ban on disposable vapes is not only good for the environment but also helps to keep children out of harm’s way.
The government will introduce a tobacco and vapes law, the largest public health intervention of a generation. This will prevent young people from becoming addicted to nicotine and pave a way for a smoke free UK.
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