Health Secretary vows to tackle marketing of vapes ‘like sweets’ to children
  • 7 months ago
The Health Secretary has pledged to tackle the marketing of vapes to children, saying it makes them “look like sweets”.Steve Barclay said as a father, he is worried about children taking up vaping and being attracted to flavours such as bubblegum and colourful packaging.Speaking on BBC Breakfast to launch a Government consultation on the issue, he said vaping helps smokers quit but “people that don’t smoke, they shouldn’t vape”.He added: "What we're most concerned about is the direct marketing of vapes to children, particularly with bubble gum flavours, making them look like sweets."That is completely inappropriate and that's why we're having a very quick consultation in just eight weeks."