Health secretary Wes Streeting is considering restricting the use of vapes outdoors in England with Chris Whitty, the country’s chief medical officer for England, said to also favour the move.
A spike in black market sales of illegal vapes and fake cigarettes is funding organised crime gangs in the UK, a shock new survey has found.
Motorists who vape have been warned they could face a hefty £5,000 fine as well as nine points on their licence.
Until now, there has been no excise duty on vapes in the country. Now, there will be a vape tax of 50 cents per millilitre (ml) of e-liquid. The hike is due to come into force from the middle of 2025.
A survey of over 1000 vapers shows that a massive 85 per cent are former cigarette smokers. Due to the proposed vaping ban, 52 per cent fear they may revert back to the deadly habit.
Sairah Salim-Sartoni has 16 years’ experience as a stop smoking advisor in the UK; first for the National Health Service and then for local authority stop smoking clinics. She went on to work for Juul Labs on scientific engagement, and now consults with both the public and private sector on smoking cessation and tobacco harm reduction.
Research from the University of East Anglia (UEA) found that providing A&E patients who smoke with vapes helped more than half to either quit or reduce the deadly habit.
Nearly half of Labour MPs in the UK say the proposed cigarettes and vapes ban is their lowest priority, a new survey has revealed.
The proposed UK ban on smoking in outdoor public places is not set to include vapes, it has been revealed.
The Czech Republic is set to ban all flavoured vapes - and add a tax to make them more expensive.
The UK government will ‘tackle the scourge of vaping’ once it has clamped down on smoking, a senior minister has said.
Vladimir Putin - the Russian President who has been accused of war crimes by the International Criminal Court - took a short break from waging his illegal and brutal war against Ukraine to warn Russian schoolchildren of the dangers of vaping.
