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Disposable vapes to be banned in UK after stark warnings of risks to young people (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 9 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/health@lemmy.world

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The U.K. government on Monday announced it will ban disposable vapes, citing an “alarming rise” in the number of young people using them.

There will also be new restrictions on how vapes can be packaged and displayed, as well as the flavors they can come in.

Brightly colored e-cigarettes which are used once and thrown away have proliferated in the U.K. and other countries in recent years.

Pointing to the nicotine content that is typically present in many vapes, the U.K. government on Monday warned that withdrawal from the substance can sometimes cause “anxiety, trouble concentrating and headaches. While vaping can play a role in helping adult smokers to quit, children should never vape.”

It is illegal to sell vapes to consumer under the age of 18 in the U.K., but according to government figures, 9% of 11- to 15-year-olds use them. The number of children vaping has tripled over the last three years, it said.

Shops that sell vapes to children face higher spot fines.

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[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I know a guy who got some kind of heavy metal poisoning and was legitimately crippled for a while as a result of obsessive levels of vaping. He was severely weak and sick, and in and out of the hospital with some pretty terrible symptoms, and last I heard he was still physically and mentally affected by it.

Honestly the existence of vaping as a thing marketed to young people is just a crystal-clear indication of how much the system DGAF what happens to human beings.