Commenting on a Welsh Government announcement on banning single-use vapes, Children’s Commissioner for Wales Rocio Cifuentes MBE said:
“Children are coming to secondary school from primary schools addicted to vaping”’ – one of many highly concerning things I’ve heard over the past year in conversations with children and adults about vaping. I’m pleased today to see confirmation that single-use vapes will be banned in Wales, starting in June 2025. The Welsh Government must continue to use all its available levers to implement other important changes recommended by Public Health Wales earlier this year. This includes providingsupport for young people who are nicotine-dependent due to vapes, restricting flavours and flavour names, and enforcing plain packaging rules.’