{"id":7568,"date":"2024-04-05T13:58:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T13:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/createhealth.com\/banning-single-use-vapes-isnt-enough\/"},"modified":"2024-04-05T13:58:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T13:58:05","slug":"banning-single-use-vapes-isnt-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/createhealth.com\/us\/banning-single-use-vapes-isnt-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Banning single use vapes isn\u2019t enough"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UK government have recently voted to ban the sale of single use vapes, on environmental and health grounds.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re glad to see action is being taken \u2013 you barely can walk out of the door in the UK without seeing multiple disposables vapes in hands and littered on pavements.<\/p>\n

But is this proposed measure enough?<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t think so.<\/p>\n

Emerging evidence and statistics are building to paint a picture of:<\/p>\n

A: how detrimental to health vapes are,
\nB: how many previously non-smokers are now vaping. Many of whom are young people who might never have taken up smoking cigarettes.<\/p>\n

Why vaping is no good<\/u><\/p>\n

Few argue that vaping is worse for you than smoking tobacco in cigarettes or pipes.<\/p>\n

But unique risks are emerging\u00a0\u2013 from \u2018popcorn lung\u20192<\/sup> to dentists reporting that vaping is causing a rise in gum disease among young people.3<\/sup> And as vaping is such a recent technology compared with smoking, we don\u2019t doubt there are more dangers yet to be seen.<\/p>\n

NIH-funded studies published in 2022 show that \u201cchronic e-cigarettes users had impaired blood vessel function, which may put them at increased risk for heart disease.\u201d4<\/sup><\/p>\n

As such, chronic vapers may have a similar vascular disease risk to chronic smokers.<\/p>\n

Focusing on the environmental damage that disposable vapes do? Well, that could form a whole new blog piece.<\/p>\n

But suffice it to say that research by not-for-profit Materials Focus uncovered that 8 vapes are thrown away every second in the UK, containing enough lithium to make 5,000 car batteries every year.5<\/sup><\/p>\n

The vaping boom<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s undeniable that the proliferation of disposable vapes has been a key part of vaping\u2019s popularity in the UK.<\/p>\n

In the past year alone, there has been huge growth, as demonstrated by research by the charity ASH (Action or Smoking and Health).<\/p>\n

There has been a 50% growth in experimentation (trying once or twice) between 2022 and 2023 \u2013 growing from 7.7% to 11.6%.6<\/sup><\/p>\n

This numbers includes many children and young people:<\/p>\n