Why the disposable vapes ban was thwarted before it even came in ...Middle East

The ban on disposable vapes that came in last week was meant to reduce teenage vaping and cut down on litter and pollution in one blow.

But manufacturers have already designed new vapes that get around the new law, because while technically reusable, they look like disposables and are priced just as cheaply.

One vape store manager, who asked to remain anonymous, told The i Paper some of his disposable customers had switched to buying reusables in advance of the ban.

But he thought many would start using the new prefilled pod vape kits the same way they used disposables. “They have just got around the ban. I don’t see the point of having the ban,” he said.

Hazel Cheeseman, chief executive of the tobacco campaign group Action on Smoking and Health said that further legislation is needed to reduce the appeal of vapes to teenagers by restricting their colours, branding and the way they are displayed in shops.

“They’re a proven tool to help people quit smoking,” she said. “But we need to remove all the bright colours and the packaging and marketing that are not completely appropriate for a cessation aid.”

Long-term effects of vapes

Vapes or e-cigarettes deliver nicotine in a way that is less harmful than regular cigarettes.

NHS advice is that vaping is one of the most effective ways of quitting smoking, although vaping is not completely harmless and we don’t yet know if there are long-term effects.

Most people vape using devices that need to be regularly topped up with nicotine liquid and the battery recharged.

Disposable vapes, by contrast, are simpler to use as they can be bought, used up and discarded. Disposable brands with brightly colours and branding like confectionary started growing in use about five years ago.

Such products are more popular among younger people, including under-18s, even though it is illegal for them to be sold any vapes.

The stats behind vaping

Disposables worked out somewhat more costly than reusables but were still only about £5 per device, and would typically last for several days.

As well as the problem of underage vaping, millions of disposable vapes were being thrown away a week. They cause litter and even when properly discarded, they are almost impossible to recycle so the batteries contribute to landfill pollution, leaching pollution into rivers.

Previously, Environmental campaigners estimated that five million disposable vapes are thrown away each week – up from 1.3million the year before.

The new ban was supposed to solve all these problems. But manufacturers of some of the most popular disposables, like Elfbar and Lost Mary, already have new products in stores that meet the new regulations, but are so cheap and simple to start using, they may well be thrown away after use.

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Called prefilled vape pod kits, they come with a pod of nicotine liquid that typically just needs to have two tabs removed and a button pressed before it is pushed into a holder. The battery comes ready charged so the user can start vaping straight away.

Once used up, this kind of vape can be refilled with a new pod of liquid and it has a charging port so technically it is reusable. But as it also costs £5 and looks almost the same as a disposable, it is questionable whether people really will reuse them, said Ms Cheeseman.

“I really don’t think manufacturers are trying very hard to make sure their customers know it would be cheaper for you to reuse these products, and would obviously be better for the environment to reuse,” she said.

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