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Disposable vapes to be banned by June 2025

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New legislation to ban the sale of single-use vapes from 1 June 2025 has been laid in Parliament, circular economy minister Mary Creagh confirmed today. Creagh said: “Single-use vapes are extremely wasteful and blight our towns and cities. “That is why we are banning single…

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