We asked the public what they thought about the council trying to ban disposable vapes by next year and this is what they had to say.
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00:00 So the council are trying to get a disposable Vips banned by next year. Have you thought
00:08 on it? Do you smoke?
00:10 I don't smoke and I think that vaping is probably better for non-smokers than having to stand
00:18 next to somebody that is smoking.
00:20 So what's your stance then if they were to be banned but they still have cigarettes do
00:24 you think they should?
00:26 I think they probably should be dealt with the same as cigarettes so you can't smoke
00:30 inside you can only smoke outside you can only smoke them in designated areas.
00:35 I think they're grim. I think you don't know what's in them and that's what's weird about
00:42 them at least with cigarettes it tells you it's going to kill you.
00:46 So you think they should be banned then?
00:48 Yeah, no they're disgusting if you ask me. Also when you just chuck them on the floor
00:53 they're live batteries that are just on the floor they could explode or whatever you don't
00:56 know what's going to happen with them. They're not batteries that are dead just because the
00:59 vape's dead doesn't mean the battery is those batteries are all just like you might as well
01:03 just chuck actual batteries on the floor you know what I mean.
01:07 So as a shop owner would you say the sale of Vips in the past sort of year has risen?
01:14 Yeah it's definitely risen more people are doing it than they are smoking cigarettes.
01:19 Would you say it's more a youth problem or sort of more older people or just a mix of
01:26 both?
01:27 It's more young people I think there was a problem with people under 18 buying them but
01:32 that's up to the shopkeepers to say now and then.
01:34 And do you find there'd be a surge more at weekends for them or is it just on the daily?
01:39 No it's on the daily.
01:40 And how many would you reckon you would sell daily?
01:42 100, 150.
01:43 150 a day wow and how much are they priced at?
01:49 £5.99 or £2.10.
01:52 And what would your tech be on Vips do you smoke them yourself?
01:55 I don't smoke at all no.
01:56 So do you think that possibly they should be banned or?
01:59 I think they should be more regulated but they shouldn't be banned.
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