00:00 Oh, the disposable ones, yes. Absolutely. Get rid of them. Get rid of them. Kids shouldn't
00:07 be doing that. It's bad enough being a smoker. Kids shouldn't be doing that one at all. So
00:12 I agree with that. That is just straight to an adult thing at all. Because I think they're
00:16 just doing it because it's a fashion thing. And, you know, all these wonderful flavours
00:21 and everything. It's what entices them. But it's not good. It's not good. We don't have
00:26 enough data to know, like 20, 30 years' data, to know what the impact of that will be.
00:32 The number of children using vapes has tripled in the last three years. And there is strong
00:37 government evidence to suggest that cheap and easy-to-use disposable vapes are partly
00:42 to blame. Their research shows that in 2023, around 69% of vapers aged 11 to 17 in Great
00:50 Britain were using disposable vapes. That's up from 7.7% in 2021. The government say this
00:57 is extremely worrying, given the unknown long-term health impacts and the addictive nature of
01:04 the nicotine in vapes. They add that while vaping can play a role in helping adult smokers
01:09 quit, the NHS advises that you shouldn't take yourself if you don't already smoke. And children
01:16 should never vape.
01:17 I was walking past a vape shop the other day, and I really did look in there this time,
01:22 because I don't vape. And I noticed all the bright colours. And that would be such a pull
01:26 to young people, you know, just to entice them in. And clearly, that is what it's designed
01:32 for.
01:33 As a non-smoker as well, so I find it hard to, like, say anything, because I don't know
01:36 what it's like to really, like, you know, to need to have a cigarette or to need that.
01:39 And then, like, because vapes, obviously, as far as I know, are better than having actually
01:44 cigarettes. Yeah, I suppose I think it is, if someone really needs something, and it's
01:52 better to have that than to be smoking.
01:54 But I know there's quite a big issue with young people vaping. So obviously, if they
01:58 can't get their hands on them, then that's for the better. But then obviously, there's
02:02 the issue with them coming from other sources and not necessarily being checked.
02:10 I think the government shouldn't interfere with people's lives, because they don't interfere
02:14 in other people's lives. Like, let's say, they do all kinds of stuff. They allow all
02:18 kinds of people to do whatever they want. So when it comes to vapes, I personally don't
02:22 do it.
02:23 I do have a friend that vapes, and they are trying to stop vaping. But he's struggling
02:29 with that. My own thing, I personally don't like it when I walk by somebody that's vaping,
02:35 and they don't actually consider where that secondary smoke is going.
02:41 In England and Wales, trading standards officers will be able to issue instant fines of up
02:46 to £100 for selling tobacco and vapes to minors. The sales ban is supported by nearly
02:52 70% of respondents in a public consultation on smoking and vaping, and that included parents,
03:00 teachers and healthcare professionals.
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