Vape ban fails to solve UK's rubbish crisis — and may be pushing former users back to cigarettes

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A ban on disposable vapes has failed to solve Britain's growing rubbish crisis and may be pushing former vape users back to cigarettes, new research suggests.A year after ministers outlawed single-use vapes in a bid to tackle plastic waste and curb youth vaping, studies suggest millions of vape products are still being thrown away every week, a thriving black market remains in operation, and some former disposable vape users are smoking more tobacco than before.

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The findings raise fresh questions about whether the Government's flagship crackdown has delivered all the environmental and public health benefits promised when it came into force last June.One survey of 6,000 UK adults found one in six people who previously used disposable vapes had either relapsed to smoking tobacco or started smoking more since the ban was introduced.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The research, which involved a survey of 6,000 adults, found 16 per cent described themselves as regular smokers, compared...

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