Children’s Doctors Call for Disposable Vapes Ban

People walk past a newsagent advertising the sale of vape electronic cigarettes in Streatham Hill, in south London, on April 1, 2023. Susannah Ireland/AFP via Getty Images

Paediatricians are calling for a ban on disposable vapes, warning that “youth vaping is fast becoming an epidemic among children.”

In response to a government consultation on e-cigarettes, which closes on Tuesday, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) warned that e-cigarettes “are not a risk-free product and can be just as addictive, if not more so than traditional cigarettes.”