Vaping

Rishi Sunak is considering new anti-smoking measures which would effectively ban the next generation from ever being able to buy cigarettes. Credit: Getty Images

Rishi Sunak considers banning smoking for next generation

Four vape advertisements that appeared on TikTok have been banned for breaching advertising guidelines. Photos by Adobe Photos. Composite image by NationalWorld/Kim Mogg.

Four vape ads banned from TikTok for violating guidelines

Ministers are poised to ban single-use vapes in the UK in a bid to stop children becoming addicted to the nicotine-packed devices. Credit: Getty Images

UK government set to ban single-use vapes over child addiction fears

Tobiasz Stanford spent seven months collecting discarded vapes - and used their batteries to power an e-scooter (Tobiasz Stanford/SWNS)

Meet the man using 80 discarded vape batteries to power his e-scooter

Mitchell Baker who works at the Vapour Place a vaping shop in Bedminster, Bristol

When were vapes invented and when did they come to the UK?

Balancing the benefits of vaping for smokers and the dangers to non-vapers is a complex issue. Picture: Aleksandr Yu/Getty Images/iStockphoto

How vapes could end up saving the NHS £500m per year

Youth vaping has become a widespread problem in the UK. (Picture: Alamy/PA)

Why children are targeting corner shops to get hold of vapes

There is serious concern about children and teenagers smoking. (Picture: Aleksandr Yu/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Health director pens stern warning to parents about children vaping

Concerns have been raised about children and teenagers vaping. (Picture: Aleksandr Yu/Adobe Stock)

Government has "no plan" to make vapes prescription-only

Obesity and heavy drinking will put a strain on the NHS in the coming years. (Picture: Torwaiphoto/Adobe Stock)

NHS facing massive pressure amid "sickness explosion" in the UK

Councils have called for a total ban on disposable vapes by 2024

Local councils call for total ban on disposable vapes by 2024

Young people have been getting hold of disposable vapes too easily, says the Health Secretary. Picture: Nicholas T Ansell / PA Wire

Children as young as seven are now vaping, sparking addiction concerns

Headteachers argue some vape flavours are also oriented towards teenagers (Photo by JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images)

Schools forced to change smoke detectors as more children vape

Vape warning as serious lung issues among children ‘becoming an epidemic’. (Photo: Alamy/PA)

Vape warning as lung issues among children ‘becoming an epidemic’

Children’s doctors are calling for a complete ban on disposable vapes (Photo: Adobe)

Doctors call for disposable vapes ban over ‘youth vaping epidemic’

A school children wearing a facemask of a skull with a cigarette takes part in an awareness rally against the use of tobacco on 'World No Tobacco Day' in Kolkata on May 31, 2023.

Explainer Date of World No Tobacco Day 2023, theme, and if vaping is as bad

Lab tests have shown vapes confiscated from school students were mostly illegal, and had high levels of lead, nickel and chromium (Photo: NationalWorld/Adobe Stock)

Analysis Hazardous heavy metal levels in 'black market' vapes revealed

loophole allowing retailers free vape samples to children is set to be closed under government plans (Photo: Adobe)

Free vape samples for children to be banned under government crackdown

The number of people vaping in the UK has increased in recent years, with many of those looking to quit smoking swapping the traditional cigarette for e-cigarettes

Explainer Is vaping safer than smoking? We asked the experts about the risks

One million smokers will be encouraged to swap cigarettes for vapes under a new scheme (Photo: Adobe)

Vape kits to be offered to a million smokers in ‘stop to swap’ scheme

Woman left struggling to climb flight of stairs after years of vaping

UK firm ‘inadvertently’ selling vapes 50% over legal nicotine limit

Amanda Stelzer’s vaping addiction left her on life support suffering a life-threatening lung condition (Photo: Amanda Stelzer / SWNS)

Vaping addict left on life support after using cartridge-a-day

Vaping causes lung damage just like cigarettes, new research finds

Waitrose bans sale of single-use vaping products in every UK store

There has been a rise in the number of schoolchildren using e-cigarettes

Rise in the number of schoolchildren using e-cigarettes, figures show