We call time on these nasty devices

Single-use vapes have blighted our streets as litter and hooked our kids on nicotine. That ends today...

- BY SOPHIE HUSKISSON

SINGLE-USE vapes will be banned from the shelves of all shops from tomorrow.

The crackdown will make it illegal to sell disposable vapes at corner shops, petrol stations and supermarkets. Ministers said the move will help end “an avalanche of rubbish flooding the nation's streets”, as well as tackling a worrying rise in vapes used by schoolkids.

Circular Economy Minister Mary Creagh said: “For too long, single-use vapes have blighted our streets as litter and hooked our children on nicotine.