{"id":170692,"date":"2023-09-12T10:32:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T05:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/disposable-vapes-will-be-banned-in-england-as-early-as-next-week-in-bid-to-stop-children-getting-addicted\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T10:34:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T05:04:26","slug":"in-an-effort-to-prevent-children-from-becoming-addicted-disposable-vapes-in-england-will-be-banned-as-soon-as-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/in-an-effort-to-prevent-children-from-becoming-addicted-disposable-vapes-in-england-will-be-banned-as-soon-as-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"In an effort to prevent children from becoming addicted, disposable vapes in England will be banned as soon as next week."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The government will announce plans next week to ban disposable vapes in England. This is to prevent children from becoming addicted.<\/p>\n

Single-use devices sold in bright colours and \u201cbubblegum\u201d sweet flavours are seen as encouraging kids to smoke.<\/p>\n

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New government plans will be announced as soon as next week to ban disposable vapes in England. This is to prevent children from becoming addicted.<\/span>Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The decision will be revealed in a Health Department consultation \u2014 pencilled in for next week, the Telegraph said.<\/p>\n

Health bosses say 11.6 per cent of 11 to 17-year-olds have vaped \u2014 up from 7.7 per cent last year. <\/p>\n

Ministers don\u2019t plan to copy Australia by banning vaping as they feel e-cigs help smokers quit.<\/p>\n

PM Rishi Sunak said in May on ITV\u2019s This Morning: \u201cI have two young girls. I\u2019m also worried about that. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt looks like they are targeted at kids, which is ridiculous. <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want my kids to be seduced by any of these things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prof Sir Chris Whitty, England\u2019s Chief Medical Officer, said previously: \u201cIf you smoke, vaping is much safer; if you don\u2019t smoke, don\u2019t vape, and marketing to children is utterly unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n

The campaigners also claim that the disposable vapes harm the environment, as they are now thrown away in five million units every week. This is up from only 1.3 million last year.<\/p>\n

The policy of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland would be set by devolved administrations other than England.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n