00:00We know that disposable vapes are very attractive to young people and it's disposable vapes
00:09that are getting young people hooked on vaping and so this is a really good move by the government.
00:15According to research, it was estimated that last year almost 5 million single-use vapes
00:21were either littered or thrown away in general waste every week in the UK. This figure is
00:26four times as much as the previous year.
00:29Where we get the calls on the helpline are where people are reporting that their existing
00:34lung condition, if it's asthma or perhaps it's COPD, that they are getting problems
00:40from being around vaping. It actually triggers their conditions in many cases so that's where
00:47we hear the impact.
00:49Well, I think that actually it will reduce the attractiveness of vaping and for those
00:56kids who are moving on to vaping, it's too easy at the moment. These vapes are deliberately
01:02targeted at young children and once they start, nicotine, which is in these vapes, is incredibly
01:09addictive. That's what makes smoking addictive and it's what makes vaping addictive. So the
01:15more that we can move vapes out of the sightline of young people, the more that we can take
01:22easy access away from them, the better, the less likely they are to start and to get addicted
01:28and to keep vaping. So from that point of view, this is really good news.
01:34Just the country in general, how do you think that they will react to this vape ban? What
01:39do you think it'll mean just for everyone?
01:42Well, actually there's a huge amount of support for this ban. We know that the government
01:48who've surveyed on this showed, I think it's something like 70% of people want this ban
01:54in place. They see the litter on the streets, they know the environmental damage.
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