Submitted on Thursday 26th January 2023
Rejected on Wednesday 1st February 2023
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Ban the sale of single-use “disposable” vapes.
Ban the import and sale of single-use “disposable” vapes.
Interim: Retailers, manufacturers, and distributors comply with Extended Producer Responsibility, improving disposal information.
Raise nicotine trading standards aligning with tobacco; removing multi-buy deals and sell behind screens.
Disposable vapes surged the market, significantly marketing young people, selling over 1 million/week, despite having a scarce lithium-ion battery (Material Focus, 2022).
Most go to general waste. When not recycled (WEEE waste), they risk fires during collection and processing. Containing mixed materials and hazardous chemicals, they require manual dismantlement; processing 1M+/week is unfeasible.
A ban aligns to a circular economy, net zero, and allows reusable devices for smoking cessation.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Ban the Import and Sale of Disposable Vapes: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/628115
Introduce new restrictions on vape packaging, flavours and display: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/631999
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