With the “Proposed” increasing the age to buy tobacco. How many of you wish it had happened earlier?

Because the long term studies haven’t been done. I also heard (can’t source this, but i was in a meeting (as I work for a regulatory body that has an interest in the issue of vaping) and we had a quest speaker who is an expert on vapes, and is involved in making recommendations to the government around the sloppy vaping legislation - so take this with whatever sized grain of salt you will) that there are particular concerns about flavoured vape liquids - they may use additives that are deemed as food-safe but have had **no** testing for their safety when vaporised and inhaled. Something about the atomised particles getting stuck in the lungs and the body being unable to clear them. I also find it *highly suspicious* that most cigarette companies have their fingers in a number of vape companies. Disposable vapes are also a *nightmare* every way you look at it. The legislation and the controls are unfit for purpose which means there are illegal vapes everywhere you look and almost no controls on them getting into the hands of children. Vapes are becoming increasingly popular with teenagers and there’s been a direct link to child grooming and CSE using vapes. They are an environmental disaster (lithium batteries and plastic getting chucked everywhere). That’s just some of the issues. As a well regulated alternative to smoking/stop-smoking aid then I’m in favour but as a widely-available recreational drug(?) then I think the costs and risks seriously outweigh the benefits (which are practically non-existent *unless* it’s being used exclusively as a stop smoking aid).