Disposable vapes ban could push some users back to smoking, ministers told

Date: 2024-11-01

Defra report warns there could be ‘health disbenefits’ with 29% of vapers reverting or relapsing to cigarettes

Ministers have been told that a plan to ban the sale of disposable vapes by next summer could lead to some users “reverting or relapsing” back to cigarette smoking.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said vape usage in England had grown by more than 400% between 2012 and 2023, with 9.1% of the British public buying and using the products.

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