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Retailers are being reminded to get rid of their stocks of single-use vapes before 1 June
Posted 09 April 2025 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Vapes|National
UPDATES: Retailers are urged to prepare for tighter controls on single-use vapes, with Trading Standards highlighting the environmental and consumer protection issues driving change.
Retailers are being urged to sell off all of their remaining stocks of single-use vapes before new legislation banning them from sale is introduced on 1 June.
The ban, which is an initiative of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), will make it illegal for businesses to sell or supply, offer to sell or supply, or have in their possession for sale or supply all si...
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