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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rhiannon James

Tory MP: Disposable vapes ban will lead to children ‘smoking behind bike sheds’

Sir Christopher Chope’s claims were disputed by environment minister Mary Creagh (Jonathan Brady/PA) - (PA Wire)

Children will go back to “smoking behind the bike sheds” as a result of the Government’s ban on disposable vapes, a Conservative former minister has said.

Sir Christopher Chope claimed that 29% of current vapers would be driven back into smoking, but this was disputed by environment minister Mary Creagh.

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