Labour pledges to "tackle the scourge of vaping"

[Toby iVapour]

This has been in many of the news outlets this week...

UK vows to clamp down on ‘scourge of vaping’

The UK government will ‘tackle the scourge of vaping’ once it has clamped down on smoking, a senior minister has said.

www.clearingtheair.eu

The UK government will ‘tackle the scourge of vaping’ once it has clamped down on smoking, a senior minister has said.

War on ‘scourge of vaping’ announced as Labour doubles down on outdoor smoking ban

A cabinet minister has doubled down on Labour’s plans to ban smoking in beer gardens and said the government will have a war on ‘the scourge of vaping’

www.independent.co.uk

Labour’s puritanical attack on vaping

On Times Radio this morning Lucy Powell, Leader of the House of Commons, said that she wanted the government to ‘tackle the scourge of vaping.

www.spectator.co.uk

 

[DMAN]

Why don't they talk about the scourge of smoking, and how vaping can help to beat it?

 

[MrDJ]

also in papers today to ban smoking at the races so i guess that will later include vaping.

 

[andipandi]

also in papers today to ban smoking at the races so i guess that will later include vaping.

Banning vaping (in public) will run alongside whatever they have planned for where smoking will be banned. IE: beer gardens, pavements, smoking areas etc. I noticed a Puritanical approach mentioned in one article, yes, that is, and always has been labours way. Now comes with knobs on, via Starmer and Streeting.

 

[Ment]

Why don't they talk about the scourge of smoking, and how vaping can help to beat it?

Too logical. Common sense and logic are dirty words, it's all about emotion.