Teenagers turn to black market for vapes
Most under-18s who vape are sourcing vapes through the black market, new polling suggests - a warning sign that restrictions and bans are failing to keep products out of young people’s hands.
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Vietnam enforces vape ban with tough punishments
Vietnam has implemented a blanket ban on all vapes with hefty fines and jail time for offenders.
Ireland imposes new €2,000 fine for selling vapes at children’s events
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has signed a law that applies the fine to the offence of ‘selling tobacco products or nicotine-inhaling products at events aimed at children, or where the majority of the participants or audience are children’.
UK doctors demand total ban on disposable vapes
UK doctors have demanded a total ban on disposable vapes and all flavours except tobacco to tackle a “vaping epidemic” among young people.
Blackmarket fire wars in Australia following vape crackdown
Violent fire wars have erupted in Australia over the black market trade of vapes - with dozens of tobacco shops going up in flames.
UK politician proposes smoking ban be extended to vapes
A Member of Parliament (MP) in the UK has quietly put forward an amendment to the new smoking ban to include vapes.