Current:Home > InvestDisposable vapes will be banned and candy-flavored e-cigarettes aimed at kids will be curbed, UK says-DB Wealth Institute B2 Expert Reviews
Disposable vapes will be banned and candy-flavored e-cigarettes aimed at kids will be curbed, UK says
View Date:2024-12-24 09:56:28
LONDON (AP) — The British government says it will ban the sale of disposable vapes and limit their cornucopia of flavors in an effort to prevent children becoming addicted to nicotine. It also plans to stick to a contentious proposal to ban today’s young people from ever buying cigarettes.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is due to announce details of the plan on Monday.
It is currently illegally to sell vapes or tobacco to children under 18 in the U.K., but officials say that youth vaping has tripled in the past three years, and that cheap, colorful disposable vapes are a “key driver.”
As well as banning disposable vapes, the government says it will “restrict flavors which are specifically marketed at children” and ensure that manufacturers put vapes in “less visually appealing packaging.”
“As any parent or teacher knows, one of the most worrying trends at the moment is the rise in vaping among children, and so we must act before it becomes endemic,” Sunak said.
“The long-term impacts of vaping are unknown and the nicotine within them can be highly addictive, so while vaping can be a useful tool to help smokers quit, marketing vapes to children is not acceptable.”
Sunak’s government also said it will push on with a plan announced last year to gradually raise the minimum age to buy cigarettes, so that no one born after Jan. 1, 2009 can ever legally buy them.
The idea has been welcomed by health experts, but outraged some members of the Conservative Party who view it as excessive state intervention. The plan was modeled on a proposal in New Zealand that was scrapped late last year after a change of government in that country.
The number of people in the U.K. who smoke has declined by two-thirds since the 1970s, but some 6.4 million people, or about 13% of the population, still smoke, according to official figures.
veryGood! (367)
Related
- Judge sets April trial date for Sarah Palin’s libel claim against The New York Times
- The Daily Money: Scammers pose as airline reps
- Billie Eilish and Charli XCX Dance on Pile of Underwear in NSFW Guess Music Video
- Books similar to 'Verity' by Colleen Hoover: Read these twisty romantic thrillers next
- Quincy Jones' Cause of Death Revealed
- First two kickoff under NFL’s new rules are both returned to the 26
- U.S. employers likely added 175,000 jobs in July as labor market cools gradually
- For Marine Species Across New York Harbor, the Oyster Is Their World
- As the transition unfolds, Trump eyes one of his favorite targets: US intelligence
- Tulsa commission will study reparations for 1921 race massacre victims and descendants
Ranking
- Businesses at struggling corner where George Floyd was killed sue Minneapolis
- After Trump’s appearance, the nation’s largest gathering of Black journalists gets back to business
- Baseball team’s charter bus catches fire in Iowa; no one is hurt
- Utah’s near-total abortion ban to remain blocked until lower court assesses its constitutionality
- New wildfires burn in US Northeast while bigger blazes rage out West
- Justice Department sues TikTok, accusing the company of illegally collecting children’s data
- Lululemon's 'We Made Too Much' Section is on Fire Right Now: Score a $228 Jacket for $99 & More
- Books similar to 'Verity' by Colleen Hoover: Read these twisty romantic thrillers next
Recommendation
-
California voters reject measure that would have banned forced prison labor
-
U.S. employers likely added 175,000 jobs in July as labor market cools gradually
-
A 'dead zone' about the size of New Jersey lurks in the Gulf of Mexico
-
Demi Moore wants to normalize farting: 'What’s the big stink about?'
-
Former NFL coach Jack Del Rio charged with operating vehicle while intoxicated
-
Trump election subversion case returned to trial judge following Supreme Court opinion
-
Here's what the average spousal Social Security check could look like in 2025
-
Freddie Freeman's wife explains All-Star's absence: 'Scariest days of our lives'