The Government has confirmed that disposable vapes will be banned from sale in England as of June 2025. From then on, it will be illegal to sell single-use vapes. This comes in a move hoped to combat environmental damage and the widespread use of vapes by children. Defra has said that businesses would have until the 1st of June 2025 to sell any remaining stock they hold and prepare for the ban coming into force.
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00:00The government has confirmed that disposable vapes will be banned from sale in England
00:06as of June 2025. From then on, it will be illegal to sell single-use vapes. This comes
00:11in a move hoped to combat environmental damage and the widespread use of vapes by children.
00:17DEFRA has since said that businesses would have until 1 June 2025 to sell any remaining
00:22stock they hold and prepare for the ban coming into force. Circular Economy Minister Mary
00:28Cree said that throwaway vapes were quote, extremely wasteful and blight our towns and
00:33cities. She went on to say quote, we are banning single-use vapes as we end this nation's
00:38throwaway culture. This is the first step on the road to a circular economy, end quote.
00:44The move to ban vapes comes amid a raft of measures wherein the Labour government plans
00:48to crack down on Britain's smoking habits. Sir Keir Starmer has said that in August,
00:54the government will take decisions on the potential outdoor smoking ban in an effort
00:58to curb preventable deaths. But what do you think? Do you support the disposable vape
01:03ban?