Draft legislation will aim to stop firms employing ruses to get around legislation, says health secretaryUK ministers will aim to stop firms from skirting around an upcoming law that will outlaw disposable vapes by eliminating...
Read MorePlans to make vaping less appealing also to include restricting fruity flavours and introducing plain packagingMinisters are to ban disposable vapes as part of a UK-wide drive to curb youth vaping.The government is also seeking...
Read MoreHealth secretary voices concern at sweet-like marketing of e-cigarettes as ministers plan curbs in EnglandThe health secretary has expressed alarm at the number of children who vape tripling in three years, as ministers took the...
Read MoreShadow health secretary says government is ‘asleep at wheel’ as children are becoming addicted to nicotineLabour will “come down like a ton of bricks” on the vaping industry if Rishi Sunak does not...
Read MoreThe government has been rocked by allegations of a Chinese spy working in the heart of Westminster. The Guardian’s John Harris speaks to political editor Pippa Crerar and defence and security editor Dan Sabbagh about what...
Read MoreGovernment understood to have concluded the disposable nicotine products are mainly aimed at childrenMinisters are reportedly poised to ban single-use vapes, after a series of calls from councils, leading paediatricians and...
Read MoreExclusive: Fourfold increase on 2022 sees enough vapes discarded to create 5,000 electric car batteriesFive million single-use vapes are being thrown away in the UK every week, a fourfold increase on 2022, research has found,...
Read MoreHealth experts raise concerns over marketing for flavoured oral sachets that can legally be sold to under-18sTobacco companies are exploiting a legal loophole to promote flavoured nicotine pouches as a fun and glamorous...
Read MoreChair of health committee says packaging and marketing of vapes should be restrictedMPs have urged the government to introduce restrictions on the packaging and marketing of disposable vapes to tackle the “alarming...
Read MoreLGA says single-use e-cigarettes are a litter blight and cause problems in bin lorries and recycling centresCouncils are joining paediatricians in calling for a ban on disposable vapes owing to the environmental damage they...
Read MoreExperts warn of ‘tsunami’ of illicit e-cigarettes which could contain harmful ingredientsMillions of illegal and potentially harmful vapes have been seized by trading standards in the last three years, data shows,...
Read MoreSingle-use E-cigarettes difficult to recycle and cause fires in bin lorries, Local Government Association saysDisposable vapes are increasingly causing fires in bin lorries and recycling issues at a “great cost” to...
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