There are concerns that sweet and fruit flavour vapes could be getting children addicted to nicotine. Government ministers have now launched a review that could see these varieties banded.
We have sent camera teams out across the country to gather people’s opnions on the proposed move.
We have sent camera teams out across the country to gather people’s opnions on the proposed move.
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00:00 Well, I'm a nurse, so I think it's terrible.
00:06 It's just not good to put things in your lungs that don't belong there.
00:09 I understand some people have a nicotine dependence, but there's ways to work around that that
00:15 aren't going to damage your lungs beyond repair.
00:18 With the way the market vapes towards young people, I think they do, like it's bright
00:22 and colorful and they have a lot of different sweet sounding flavors like cotton candy and
00:27 cookies and cream, then obviously I think it would fall in the hands of the younger
00:31 generation.
00:32 So I think it's probably got plenty of negative health effects, but yet they're still not
00:36 fully developed or fully researched.
00:38 I haven't got any grandchildren yet, but I feel a little bit worried about children at
00:42 school all using vapes and everything.
00:45 And I just think, what's it doing to the next generation really?
00:49 My sister did it.
00:50 She stopped smoking by using vapes years and years ago, and she's never gone back to it.
00:56 I can't believe the amount of vape shops that are on, just actual shops just dedicated to
01:01 vapes.
01:02 I mean, how are they going to run if all this thing is locked away?
01:05 It's not going to happen.
01:06 It's not going to happen.
01:07 And if it does, it's not going to make any difference because it's a massive craze.
01:11 And if kids want them and whoever wants them, they're going to get them.
01:14 I think people originally thought it was less bad than smoking, so that's why they latched
01:19 onto it.
01:20 And now they're sort of realizing it's not as good as they thought it was going to be.
01:24 But I do think it's good to discourage younger people from...
01:28 Yeah.
01:29 Yeah.
01:30 Because a lot of children vape, and I don't think that's right.
01:32 But I guess it's the same as smoking.
01:34 If you want to do it, you'll do it.
01:35 You'll get away to doing it.
01:37 Nothing that I know of to suggest that they're not harmful to young developing brains.
01:43 It's developing a nicotine addict and an addiction to a substance that we know is not helpful
01:49 to children.
01:50 I just think kids have got enough problems without having to give up vaping at some time
01:54 in their life.
01:55 So it's a hard world for them at the minute.
01:57 So I just think, yeah, it's not really what they need.
02:01 I think if you want to stop smoking, the best way is to maybe willpower and flip patches.
02:08 The only thing I can say is ban them all together.
02:12 Because vapes for the kids are no good.
02:14 If people are going to vape, they're going to vape regardless.
02:17 Whether they get them online, dodgily online, they're going to get them regardless.
02:22 So having them on hand in a shop would be a lot safer.
02:27 At least then you know what you're buying is safe.
02:30 And it helps shops out really because they sell well.
02:32 It's a really big problem and they should definitely do more to stop it.
02:35 So I think they should definitely ban disposable vapes.
02:37 I know they were talking about that, especially because the refillable ones is definitely
02:41 more what people who are actually trying to quit smoking use.
02:44 I mean, after all, it's not good for your health.
02:48 Hiding them.
02:49 I don't think that's a bad idea.
02:50 Particularly these fruit flavoured ones are very tempting to younger people.
02:56 And once you're on that path, I think it's hard to get off it really.
03:00 And nobody knows the long term consequences, do they?
03:03 Yet.
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