New research warns that the Tobacco and Vapes Act's flavour name restrictions could cost public health £4.5bn a year. ELFBAR says the proposals risk reversing vaping's progress as a stop-smoking tool, pushing over half a million adult vapers back to cigarettes unless the Government adopts a more evidence-led approach.
The UK government has launched a nationwide public consultation on proposed vaping regulations. Proposals cover plain packaging, single-colour devices, flavour names, and shop display bans. This Tobacco and Vapes Act consultation closes on 2 October. Have your say to protect youth while preserving vape access for adult smokers.
A concerning study suggests nearly half a million UK vapers have returned to smoking while abroad. Restricted access to preferred flavours and familiar products overseas creates major hurdles for travelling ex-smokers. With 70% of vapers relying on flavours to stay off cigarettes, overseas restrictions are actively pushing adults back to tobacco.
ELFBAR, a leading smoking cessation brand in the UK, has released its latest findings from its UK vaping study, marking one year since the introduction of the single-use vape ban.
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Flavours are increasingly critical to helping smokers and ex-smokers transition, with the survey revealing that 63% of adult vapers use fruit or other sweet options, and 71% saying that access to a variety of flavours helps them stay off tobacco.
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But One in Four Single-Use Vapers Return to Smoking or Turn to Illicit Products as Widespread Misperceptions and Black Market Persist.
ELFBAR advises a cautious stance on recent studies which claim that single-use e-cigarettes are more toxic than traditional cigarettes, and distort the sweetener’s role in helping adult smokers quit.