Right Vape director backs ban on disposable vapes.
A Northamptonshire Vape Shop owner says the industry needs to figure out how to sell e-cigarettes properly.
Last updated 30th Jan 2024
A Northamptonshire Vape Shop owner says the industry needs to figure out how to sell e-cigarettes properly.
This comes after Rishi Sunak announced his plan to ban the sale of disposable vapes with measures also being introduced to prevent vapes from being marketed at children.
The director of Right Vape Ryan Michlig is backing next years ban on disposable versions of vapes being sold.
Despite it being illegal to sell any vape to anyone under 18, disposable vapes often sold in smaller more colourful packing than refillable ones are driving the rise in youth vaping.
Speaking about disposable vapes Ryan said: "I've never been a fan of disposable products, because there's just no need for them."
"Tik Tok, Instagram, Snapchat are all black markets, it's difficult to say where children are getting these products but they are."
"Kids are always going to want to try the next thing, but the problem is the availability of them they're everywhere".
It is already illegal to sell any vape to anyone under 18, but disposable vapes - often sold in smaller, more colourful packaging than refillable ones - are a "key driver behind the alarming rise in youth vaping", according to the government.
As well as the risk to children Ryan went on to highlight the risk to the environment.
"Vapes used by one person pollute the planet for everyone, when they are just thrown on the ground or thrown into landfill."
Regulations for vaping were put in place back in 2016, however these regulations were only for product produced in this country.
Ryan believes the new regulations actually need to be looked at as a "reviewing of the rules, with more investment in enforcement to manage these set of rules."
"The problem is the product that has breached all regulation and been imported from China, so we need more money at the border".