Disposable vaping ban totally pointless

[GloriaGee]

I thought that the disposable vaping ban was coming into force next month to protect the environment and children's lungs/brain development. Overheard a conversation in my local shop today. They've got in new rechargeable vapes, in the same little plastic boxing, you put a plastic pod in which you throw away once it's finished, so you're throwing a pod away instead of the whole thing. Same price (£6), shape, ingredients and taste as disposable ones, they've just stuck a charging port on it. What a bloody pointless law! Surely that can't be right? Honestly thought it was a total ban apart from the ones you fill up with liquid!

Too much money being made on them. Awful

Well you're not throwing away a battery every time it dies so surely that's an improvement.

Less batteries being manufactured and less of them in landfills. Batteries are horrific for the environment.

Banning disposables will make a huge difference environmentally because people will no longer be throwing away large numbers of perfectly good lithium batteries.

Rechargeable pod systems have been around for ages. The vast, vast majority of vapers are adult smokers trying to quit and ex-smokers avoiding relapse. There is a need for easy to use devices because not everyone has the dexterity or eyesight to be farting around with coils and teeny tiny bottles of eliquid.

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill that's going through at the moment has more protections for children but ultimately, unless trading standards is properly funded, those measures will be pointless.