The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health is urging ministers to outlaw single use products after an unprecedented rise in the number of school children using e-cigarettes PMGallagher1 and RichardVaughan1 report
– from 7.7 per cent in 2022 to 11.6 per cent this year.
Dr Mike McKean, vice president for Policy and Paediatric Respiratory Consultant, said: “Without a doubt, disposable e-cigarettes should be banned. There is absolutely no reason that these cheap, readily available, brightly coloured, recreational products should be single use. Recent coverage has also shown that disposable e-cigarettes are notoriously difficult to recycle and often cause dangerous fires in UK waste plants. “Their damage cannot be overstated,” the RCPCH said.
The British Paediatric Respiratory Society also supported the call for a ban in disposable vapes, warning that while significant research and data exist on the effects of cigarette use, “the same cannot be said for widespread e-cigarette use”. Scottish paediatricians are also calling for a ban, with latest figures showing that 10 per cent of Scottish 15-year-olds use e-cigarettes regularly, a considerable rise from thewhich showed 3 per cent to be vaping regularly.
They are: put a specific tax on disposable vapes of £5; prohibit branding that would appeal to children; reinstate funding for sustained anti-smoking campaigns promoting vaping as the most effective quitting aid available for adult smokers; and prohibit in-store promotion of e-cigarettes with exemptions for age-restricted, specialist vape shops.
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