Leading paediatricians have called on the Government to take urgent action to ban disposable vapes in a bid to protect children amid an emerging "epidemic" of youth vaping.
In response to the Government consultation on e-cigarettes, which closes on Tuesday, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) warned that e-cigarettes "are not a risk-free product and can be just as addictive, if not more so than traditional cigarettes". Doctors warned that because e-cigarettes have only been on sale in the UK since 2007, the long-term effects they may have on a person's health is not yet known.
"We have even less evidence on the long-term impacts of these products on young lungs, hearts and brains," the RCPCH cautioned. "It took experts decades to fully understand the impact of traditional cigarettes, we cannot risk our children's health in waiting this long again for longer-term studies."
