Responding to news that disposable vapes will be banned from June 2025, BMA board of science chair Professor David Strain and BMA public health medicine committee chair Dr Heather Grimbaldeston said:
“Cheap disposable vapes are just one of the ways that these products are targeted at young people and a ban is long overdue. We have been campaigning for an end to single-use vapes for some time, in order to slow down the growing youth vaping epidemic, and tackle the huge environmental burden they pose.
“But this move alone will not stop young people vaping. The Government must waste no time in publishing its long-promised Tobacco and Vapes Bill to make urgent progress in other areas to get these addictive and potentially harmful products out of our young people’s hands and lungs. This means a tougher stance on flavours, packaging, advertising and marketing, making them both less attractive and available to children and young people.”
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- Read more about the BMA’s recent report ‘Taking our breath away: Why we need stronger regulation of vapes’