Pediatricians have called for a total ban on single-use e-cigarettes because they could damage the lungs of young people and be harmful to the environment, the ...
Pediatricians have called for a total ban on single-use e-cigarettes because they could damage the lungs of young people and be harmful to the environment, the BBC reported.
But an anti-smoking campaign group said the ban would make it harder for some adults to quit and increase the trade in illegal e-cigarettes.
The UK government is planning measures to reduce e-cigarette use among under-18s.
These could include stricter rules on how vaping products are marketed and promoted.
It is illegal to sell e-cigarettes, or vapes, to children, but that hasn't stopped the rise in vaping among 11- to 17-year-olds.
It shows that about 15 percent of 16- to 17-year-olds and 18 percent of 18-year-olds are current e-cigarette users.
Brightly colored and flavored nicotine e-cigarettes, used once and thrown away, are the most popular products among teenagers, who tend to buy them from corner shops for around £5 each.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak recently said it was absurd that e-cigarettes were designed and promoted to appeal to children when they should be used by adults who had quit smoking.
E-cigarettes confiscated from a secondary school contained high levels of lead, nickel and chromium that could end up in children's lungs, a BBC investigation has found. Scientists analyzing e-cigarettes say it's the worst lab test result they've ever seen for a product of its kind.
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) says there should be no question that the UK government should ban disposable e-cigarettes.
"Adolescent vaping is rapidly becoming an epidemic among children, and I worry that if we don't act, we will find ourselves sleepwalking into crisis," said Dr. Mike McKean, pediatric respiratory consultant and RCPCH vice-president.
Smoking cigarettes containing tobacco remains the biggest single cause of preventable disease in the UK, health experts stress.
However, Dr McKean said vaping products were not without risks and research on them was still in its infancy, meaning the long-term effects on young people's lungs, hearts and brains could not be predicted.
Last week, Mr Sunak announced he would close a loophole that would ban e-cigarette companies from giving free samples to children in England and consider higher fines for shops selling illegal e-cigarettes. The call for evidence on how to curb youth vaping ended on Tuesday.
In Scotland, the First Minister said recently that a ban on disposable e-cigarettes is being considered in a report being prepared by an environmental expert group.
The RCPCH said it was time for governments to decide whether to take further action to prioritize our children and our planet.
But others say banning disposable e-cigarettes is not needed and won't have the desired effect.
Charity and campaign group Ash said a blanket ban would ultimately boost the illegal e-cigarette market and make it harder to recycle.
It says disposable e-cigarettes are a useful tool for adult smokers, especially the elderly and those with learning disabilities, to quit smoking.
"We need to be very careful about banning them - e-cigarettes and vaping are invaluable in keeping people from smoking," said Professor Ruth Sharrock, a respiratory consultant for patients with respiratory failure in Gateshead.
While disposable e-cigarettes are just one vaping product, Ash estimates that 20 percent of ex-smokers are using disposable e-cigarettes.
Respiratory physician and Ash chair Professor Nick Hopkinson said smoking remained the biggest health problem for both adults and children and urged more funding for smoking cessation services and stricter regulations on vaping.
Ash said disposable e-cigarettes could be bought for pocket money and called on the government to impose a £5 tax on their price. That means they cost similarly to rechargeable, reusable vaping products — but still far less than a pack of cigarettes.
It also wants to tighten rules around how e-cigarettes are promoted in stores to make them less appealing to children.
The vaping industry also says banning disposable e-cigarettes is not the answer.
it wants:
On-the-spot fines of at least £10,000 for shops selling children's e-cigarettes;
A registration scheme that ensures stores meet strict standards before they are allowed to sell e-cigarettes;
John Dunne, director general of the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA), said: "Strong, targeted action against those illegally selling vaping products to children is the way forward.
The Green Alliance, an independent think-tank, said disposable e-cigarettes waste resources such as lithium, which is needed for the batteries that power electric cars, and recycling them is expensive.
It called current government proposals to limit marketing and end freebies to children ludicrous and inadequate.
A spokesman for England's Department of Health and Social Care said: "We are taking bold action to tackle youth vaping with the £3 million Illegal Vaping Enforcement Team to tackle underage sales to children.
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