{"id":68870,"date":"2024-11-26T14:20:40","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T14:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=68870"},"modified":"2024-11-26T14:20:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T14:20:41","slug":"welsh-government-tackles-rise-in-vaping-with-disposables-ban-starting-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2024\/11\/26\/welsh-government-tackles-rise-in-vaping-with-disposables-ban-starting-in-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh government tackles rise in\u00a0vaping with disposables ban starting in June"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Around 11% of the Welsh population currently vape and a Public Health Wales consultant says vaping is \u2018affecting health and wellbeing non-stop\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/vape-alt-cardiff-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Girl using disposable vape, blowing smoke outside.\" class=\"wp-image-69122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/vape-alt-cardiff-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/vape-alt-cardiff-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/vape-alt-cardiff-770x385.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/vape-alt-cardiff-1366x683.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/vape-alt-cardiff-585x293.jpg 585w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/vape-alt-cardiff-1170x585.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/vape-alt-cardiff-293x147.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/vape-alt-cardiff-1400x700.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/vape-alt-cardiff.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/vape-alt-cardiff-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Girl using disposable vape, blowing smoke outside.\" class=\"wp-image-69122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/vape-alt-cardiff-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/vape-alt-cardiff-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/vape-alt-cardiff-770x385.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/vape-alt-cardiff-1366x683.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/vape-alt-cardiff-585x293.jpg 585w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/vape-alt-cardiff-1170x585.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/vape-alt-cardiff-293x147.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/vape-alt-cardiff-1400x700.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/vape-alt-cardiff.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Disposable vapes now dominate the UK vape market, making up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bma.org.uk\/media\/z2zjmgzo\/bma-briefing-environmental-protection-single-use-vapes-england-regulations-2024.pdf\">83%<\/a> of vape sales in the UK Image Credit: Alfie Bennett<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.wales\/written-statement-uk-tobacco-and-vapes-bill\">The Welsh government<\/a> has announced a ban on disposable vapes will start in June 2025. Sarah Murphy, the minister for mental health and wellbeing said this was to, \u201caddress the health impacts\u201d as vaping use increases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Chris Emmerson, a consultant for Public Health Wales, said there was a concern that people could abandon vapes and return to smoking tobacco.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is a very real concern that this would happen, particularly if people have started vaping and used it as a way to give up smoking\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adult <a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2016\/10\/31\/voxpop-to-vape-or-not-to-vape\/\">vaping<\/a> in Wales is at an all-time high at 11% \u2013 compared to 8% in a 2023 survey, <a href=\"https:\/\/ash.wales\/yougov-survey-2024\/#:~:text=Smoking%20rates%20in%20Wales%20remain,8%25%20in%20the%202023%20survey.\">Action on Smoking and Health Wales<\/a> reports. Emmerson added that there were increasing concerns over high levels of dependency on vapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are starting to hear people coming through and requesting support to stop vaping because they have started it, either smokers or non-smokers, and now are finding it&#8217;s affecting health and well-being non-stop.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think one of the things that&#8217;s important to note however is we are not and would not propose the banning of vapes altogether.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/yass-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"A selection of vapes in a shop window.\" class=\"wp-image-68904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/yass-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/yass-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/yass-770x385.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/yass-1366x683.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/yass-585x293.jpg 585w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/yass-1170x585.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/yass-293x147.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/yass-1400x700.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/yass.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/yass-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"A selection of vapes in a shop window.\" class=\"wp-image-68904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/yass-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/yass-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/yass-770x385.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/yass-1366x683.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/yass-585x293.jpg 585w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/yass-1170x585.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/yass-293x147.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/yass-1400x700.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/yass.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A local vape shop&#8217;s selection of disposable vapes Image Credit: Alfie Bennett<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The sale of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.wales\/environmental-protection-single-use-vapes-wales-regulations-2024\">reusable vapes<\/a> will still be legal. The Welsh government\u2019s aim is to encourage people to use reusable alternatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anti-smoking organisations also support the ban on disposable vapes. Suzanne Cass, chief executive for<a href=\"https:\/\/ash.wales\/age-of-sale-and-ban-on-disposable-vapes\/\"> Action on Smoking and Health Wales<\/a>, said a ban on vapes is: \u201cA vital stepping stone on the path to ending the smoking epidemic once and for all.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ASH reports a <a href=\"https:\/\/ash.org.uk\/uploads\/Use-of-vapes-among-adults-in-Great-Britain-2024.pdf?v=1723194891#:~:text=The%2520relative%2520popularity%2520of%2520disposable,these%2520as%2520their%2520main%2520device.&amp;text=The%2520number%2520of%2520e%252Dcigarette,to%25205.6%2520million%2520in%25202024.\">17%<\/a> growth in people vaping in the UK from 2023 to 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A \u2018stop smoking\u2019 drug named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/medicines\/champix-varenicline\/\">varenicline<\/a> and its benefits have been briefed to GPs in Wales after supplies have started to arrive, they were advised of technical elements like dosing regime, Emmerson said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He 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