3 June 2025, 09:46

By George Icke

The disposable vape ban has not stopped shops from hawking illegal devices, finds LBC's George Icke.

I wish I could say I was shocked by what I found. But I wasn’t.

Less than 24 hours after the government’s nationwide ban on disposable vapes came into effect, I walked into five Nottingham shops and walked out of every one with an illegal vape in my pocket. No ID checks, no hesitation. Just business as usual.

I didn’t need to go looking down dark alleyways or into the backrooms of dodgy stores. These were high street convenience shops and even a specialist vape retailer—selling illegal products over the counter like nothing had changed. One device I was sold was already illegal even before........

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