UK government to ban sale of disposable vapes by next summer

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2024-10-24

London (PA Media/dpa) - The sale of disposable vapes will be banned by next summer, the UK government has said. New legislation to ban the sale of single-use vapes from June 1, 2025 has been laid out in Parliament, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) confirmed on Wednesday. It added that businesses will have until the deadline "to sell any remaining stock they hold and prepare for the ban coming into force." Defra said......

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