Ministers have moved to ban single-use vapes in a bid to reduce waste and tackle fire risk.
The government announced that it had laid legislation that would make it illegal to sell the non-reusable electronic cigarettes from 1 June next year.
Research released earlier this year found that more than 7.5 million single-use vapes were being sold across the UK each week.
Subject to Parliamentary process, this latest law would give retailers just over seven more months to stock the controversial items.
Fire chiefs and council officials in one part of the UK said disposable vapes had sparked more than 60 fires at just one waste processing plant last year.
Circular economy minister Mary Creagh said today: “Single-use vapes waste precious resources and blight our towns, parks and cities.
“That is why we will be banning single-use vapes as we take action to end our throw-away culture.
“This is the first step on the road to a circular economy, where we use resources for longer, reduce waste, accelerate the path to net-zero and create thousands of jobs across the country.”
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