Vape ban could fuel black market, industry warns

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A vape industry leader says banning disposable vapes may do little to reduce waste and could even boost the black market. John Dunne, from the UK Vaping Industry Association, said the ban doesn’t change consumer behaviour or stop imports, warning: “We think this is going to fuel the black market.” Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00We do understand the environmental impacts of these products,

00:03but I don't actually think that what the government is doing this weekend

00:08is actually going to have a huge impact on that.

00:11I say that because what's important here is to change consumers' behaviour,

00:16and nothing in this bill changes that.

00:19So the devices themselves, because of legislation, are going to look very similar to a consumer.

00:24But is that consumer going to change and recycle that device? I don't think so.

00:29I'm actually worried about a few things, because we think this is going to fuel the black market,

00:34because one of the things the government didn't do is they didn't ban the importation of these products.

00:39So consumers can still buy them online, on the internet.

00:43Distributors that are not so reputable can bring these products in claiming that they're going to sell them abroad,

00:50but they'll still end up, we feel, in the supply chain here.

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