Vape flavour range could be reduced to stop children being targeted

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Data published in May showed a 50% rise in the number of children trying vaping in the last year.

It is illegal to sell vapes to people aged under 18, but the number of children trying them is on the rise Ministers are considering reducing the range of vape flavours available and banning disposable vapes altogether in an effort to lessen their popularity with children. A consultation document setting out the government’s plans for tackling the ways in which young people are targeted will be published this morning.

Children’s commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza has called for cheap disposable e-cigarettes to be banned to stop young people from taking up the habit. E-cigarettes are often sold in bright packaging and feature sweet flavours It is illegal to sell vapes to people aged under 18, but the number of shops selling vapes to children as young as 12 is on the rise.

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