The Good News: the UK is banning single use vapes. The Bad News: the US-China 'tariff wars' is likely to result in a UK influx of almost indistinguishable notionally 'reusables' (https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/may/19/uk-vapes-e-cigarettes-chinese-imports-tariffs-trade). Nicotine is highly addictive and can become a very expensive (in terms of money and health) habit. The only real legitimate use of vapes is to wean cigarette addicts off a more damaging obsession. The UK is banning single use vapes because they a) are clearly targeted at children; b) waste enormous amounts of lithium and other metals; c) are a fire hazard and d) are difficult to recycle. Re-chargeable vape kits would still be allowed. Most vapes are produced in China. China is, on health grounds, cutting its home sales. That country's vape producers are now also finding it more difficult to export their products to the US. It's predicted this will drive sales towards the lucrative UK market. They're likely to get round the single use ban, by producing ever-cheaper re-chargeable vape kits. These look almost identical to single use vapes. Research suggests that recharging 'pods' for these devices aren't widely available. There's, consequently, every possibility that users will discard these new items onto UK streets in exactly the same way single use vapes.
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