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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rachel Hall

Disposable vapes should be banned to protect children, UK paediatricians say

Young people use single-use vaping products
The number of young people vaping reached one in five 15-year-olds in 2021, according to NHS Digital data, and is expected to be significantly higher this year. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

Children’s doctors are calling for an outright ban on disposable vapes to reduce their popularity among young people as the long-term impact on lungs, hearts and brains remains unknown.

The government should ban single-use disposable vapes, which can be bought for just £1.99 and are most popular with young people, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has said.

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