We’re asking people around Cardiff if they think the new ban on disposable vapes will stop the problem, or whether given their popularity, an illegal market for them will open up.
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00:00Yes, and I understand, obviously, human right and being able to, you know, I think vapes in general should be banned, to be honest with you.
00:08They're in schools, such and such a big problem. Obviously, I'm glad the ban has occurred, but before that, when I was in school last year, we used to find disposable vapes in the bathrooms.
00:19The problem I got with it is I think once something is out there, it's out there. It's going to be very hard to police said ban off disposable vapes.
00:26So, you know, every corner shop that you go into will sell the disposable vapes.
00:30I think there was already a ban on certain like 12,000 puff ones. Some people are getting a hold of them.
00:35Once they're out there in the public, there's the demand for it. And once there's a demand for that sort of thing, they're going to be widespread and available.
00:43Some shops are already working their way around it to find like a loophole. So as much as it's good at having a ban, because it's such a highly addictive substance, people aren't just going to like drop and stop.
00:55They're going to go to cigarettes and nicotine addicts will be around forever, really.