Reporting on single-use vapes: product bans, environmental concerns, consumer use and market responses. Read the details of each measure rather than assuming every disposable-vape restriction works the same way.
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Under the new legislation, announced by the Ministry of Health, vapes and their packaging will no longer be allowed to be on display in general retail shops. This includes advertising and display in online stores and in automated vending machines.
Sir Christopher Chope pointed to the government’s own impact assessment report, which found that as many as 29 per cent of current vapers could be driven back into smoking as a result of the ban.
The 33-year-old Irish beauty is expected to be a late entrant to the jungle camp along with Reverend Richard Coles.
An “unintended consequence” of banning disposable vapes and certain flavours “is that it could encourage more people to try smoking” it says.
Infrastructure Minister Andy Jehan wants to amend the Jersey Single Use Plastics Law, which currently covers plastic and paper bags, to ban non-recyclable vapes.
But what exactly does the Bill include and what will it mean for vapers if it’s passed?
Ministers have been told by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) that the disposable vapes ban could lead to many vapers “reverting or relapsing” back to the far more dangerous habit.
The decree, announced by Minister of Economy and Finance Giancarlo Giorgetti, means consumers will only be able to legally buy vapes from retail outlets and tobacconists.
A blanket ban on single-use vapes will come into force across Britain on June 1, 2025, in a bid to stop children and young people from taking up vaping and reduce damage to the environment.
From June 1, 2025 it will be illegal to sell single-use vapes in England, Wales or Scotland, in a move designed to reduce their appeal to children and young people.
The tough new measures are part of an ‘Anti-Tobacco Plan,’ which the government says aims to limit products that cause a risk to young people’s health and are a ‘gateway’ to smoking.
The legislation is to be adopted by the Council of Ministers in the fourth quarter of 2024. In late September, the planned draft bill was added to the government’s legislative agenda for this year.
