Asking Chichester: the dispoable vape ban
In a new series called Asking Chichester with Henry Bryant, we spoke to the Chi public about the disposable vape ban and what they thought about it. Here's what they had to say.
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00:00 So what do you guys think about the banning of disposable vapes?
00:03 I think that we need to be more mindful of the waste that we're creating.
00:08 Vaping seems to be really popular and fashionable, particularly with young people,
00:13 such as my niece over there, and I don't like it.
00:17 My grandson, he's 13, and he said that in school you can get them anywhere.
00:24 He said in all the kids it's available. So it's tragic really.
00:29 How does that make you feel as a grandmother as well,
00:31 knowing that this is so readily available for a 13-year-old kid?
00:35 It's frightening. Yeah, it's frightening because, I don't know, really, I don't know, it's just sad.
00:42 They're deliberately appealing to children. They're marketing specifically to get to that audience.
00:49 When you go past shops and you see all this colourful packaging and all these things,
00:52 you feel like it's targeted towards you, and there's so many ways that people
00:57 under the age of 18 can get it now that it gets them addicted, and that's how they make money.
01:02 So I do agree with it being banned.
01:04 I've had friends who started vaping simply because it was something social to do,
01:09 and then it became a real problem.
01:10 My part of it is just the pollution side of it, and not being able, you know,
01:15 you can't do anything with it, can you? So what's going to happen?
01:17 How do you think kids are getting hold of these vapes?
01:20 Do you think it's vape shops that are turning a blind eye to
01:23 IDing customers that come in the shop, or a different way?
01:26 I would say it's vape shops turning a blind eye.
01:28 If we go back to when we were kids and stuff, could you buy a bottle of cider at 14?
01:32 Do you know what I mean? It's that sort of thing.
01:33 Yeah, they will do. It's business, isn't it? It's just all business.
01:36 Kids look a lot older nowadays, but I suppose if you wasn't to be served,
01:40 I mean, I presume you're... Is it 18 or 16 for these vapes? What's the age?
01:44 It's 18.
01:45 18, yeah. You're never going to get your mate or your brother or someone to go in or whatever.
01:48 A lot of kids nowadays do look a lot older.