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Disposable vape ban 'could push some users back to cigarettes'
The Guardian
|November 02, 2024
Ministers have acknowledged that a plan to ban the sale of disposable vapes by next summer could lead some users to revert or relapse to cigarette smoking.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) had earlier said vape usage in England rose by more than 400% between 2012 and 2023, with 9.1% of the British public buying and using the products.
Legislation due to be introduced this year would ban the sale of single-use vapes, in part to limit the environmental damage they cause.
However, a Defra report found 29% of current users "would revert/relapse to smoking tobacco" as a result of the ban and "there could be health disbenefits".
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