More than 10 times more vape shops in city than a decade ago

There has been a bigger increase in vape shops in Preston than almost anywhere else in the North West over the past 10 years, statistics claim.

- by Post Reporter

The number of city stores specialising in vape products surged by 1,016 per cent in the decade to 2024an 11-fold jump.

The figure is contained in a new report by the Health Equity North institute. "Ghost Towns: The Decline of the High Street and Health Inequalities" shows Preston's surge in vape shops is outstripped in the North West only by Bury, where there was a 1,076 per cent leap.

However, the England-wide average over the same period is larger stillat 1,198 percent.