Some reports says, In the west vaping is increasingly targeting children as consumers .Sunak’s government plans to introduce fines for shops in England and Wales that sell vapes illegally to children.
Vapes are the not so new toys but they are ubiquitous, from school toilets to the malls, impressionable children are experimenting with it as casually as wearing a pair of shoes. Pre-teens on the smoking bandwagon, what were we thinking? Add the teenagers and it is an epidemic.
The UK is now cracking down on the sale of disposable e-cigarettes to curb down its usage among children. It will ban the sale of one-time use vapes which though illegal under the age of 18, has been freely consumed, not unlike global trends.
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In 2023, 34 countries banned vapes as per the World Health Organisation which has red flagged its use among children as a health emergency and urged governments to treat it on par with tobacco use. France’s National Assembly has also unanimously approved a bill to ban single-use, disposable electronic cigarettes. But the struggle to enforce the ban is real, including clamping down on its sale in proximity to schools.
Look at India, where despite the ban kids maintain it is easy to get and some of their friends are even selling it within school premises. Experts warn that we may be sleepwalking into a health disaster not unlike the slow understanding over the link between smoking, cancer, and other diseases.
