Prohibition of the sale and supply of single-use vapes: island communities impact screening assessment

Footnotes

1 Scottish Government (2022) Island communities impact assessments: guidance and toolkit

2 Use of e-cigarettes among adults in Great Britain, ASH, 2023

3 The Scottish Health Survey 2022 – volume 1: main report. Scottish Government, 2023.

4 Trends in electronic cigarette use in Scotland. Smoking in Scotland portal. Updated 18 January 2024.

5 Who would be affected by a ban on disposable vapes? A population study in Great Britain. Sarah E. Jackson, Harry Tattan-Birch, Lion Shahab, Melissa Oldham, Dimitra Kale, Leonie Brose, Jamie Brown, 2024

6 Material Focus, 2023, Number of disposable single-use vapes thrown away have in a year quadrupled to 5 million per week

7 Material Focus, 2022, Over 700 fires in bin lorries and recycling centres are caused by batteries many of which are hidden inside electricals

8 Office for Health Improvement & Disparities, 2023, Youth vaping: call for evidence

9 Scoping policy options for Scotland focusing on understanding and managing the environmental impact of single-use e-cigarettes Hogg, D., 2023,

10 Material Focus, 2023, Number of disposable single-use vapes thrown away have in a year quadrupled to 5 million per week

11 Scoping policy options for Scotland focusing on understanding and managing the environmental impact of single-use e-cigarettes Hogg, D., 2023,

12 Valpak, 2023, Dismantling a growing problem

13 IEMA, 2022, Disposable vapes – a challenge to the recycling sector,

14 Analysis of the Market for Vapes, Eunomia, 2023

15 Agency sets out vapes recycling stance, WastePack, 2023

16 Resilience for the Future: The UK’s Critical Raw Materials Strategy

17 International Energy Agency, 2021, The Role of Critical Minerals in Clean Energy Transitions, World Energy Outlook

18 Material Focus, 2023, Number of disposable single-use vapes thrown away have in a year quadrupled to 5 million per week

19 Hogg, D., 2023, Scoping policy options for Scotland focusing on understanding and managing the environmental impact of single-use e-cigarettes

20 Vaping – Effectiveness as a cessation tool: evidence briefing. Scottish Government, 2024

21 Vaping – Health harms: evidence briefing. Scottish Government, 2024

22 ibid

23 ibid

24 Use of e-cigarette (vapes) among adults in Great Britain. ASH, 2023

25 50% of users mainly used an ‘electronic cigarette that is rechargeable and has a tank or reservoir that you fill with liquids’ and 17% of users mainly used an ‘electronic cigarette kit that is rechargeable with replaceable pre-filled cartridges’.

26 Vapes that are rechargeable and not refillable or that are refillable and not rechargeable, are still considered disposable or ‘single-use’ even though the lifetime of the vape can be extended through refilling or recharging it.

27 Analysis of the Market for Vapes, Eunomia 2023

28 Use of e-cigarettes among young people in Great Britain. ASH, 2023,

29 Vaping addiction soon takes hold. NHS Inform campaign, access online 15 March 2024

30 Health Behaviour In School-Aged Children Scotland Study, University Of Glasgow MRC/CSO Social And Public Health Sciences Unit, 2022

31 Use of e-cigarettes among young people in Great Britain. ASH, 2023

32 Tobacco and Vaping Framework, Scottish Government, 2023

33 Use of e-cigarettes among young people in Great Britain, ASH, 2023

34 Use of e-cigarette (vapes) among adults in Great Britain. ASH, 2023

35 Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping: your views - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

36 Office for Health Improvement & Disparities, 2023, Youth vaping: call for evidence

37 Department for Environment, Food, & Rural Affairs, 2023, Summary of responses and government response

38 UK Government, 2013, The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013

39 Material Focus, 2023, Number of disposable single-use vapes thrown away have in a year quadrupled to 5 million per week

40 Department for Environment, Food, & Rural Affairs, 2023, Consultation on reforming the producer responsibility system for waste electrical and electronic equipment 2023

41 Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping consultation: government response, Department of Health (Northern Ireland), Department of Health & Social Care, Scottish Government, and Welsh Government, 2024

42 Information from Tobacco Register Scotland. Note, there is a small risk of double counting of businesses on the register, and the potential for some business no longer trading. We therefore regard this as an upper estimate.

43 Gaelic Language Plan 2022-27

44 Scotland’s Census 2011: Gaelic report

45 Gaelic language plan 2022 to 2027. Scottish Government, 2022

46Scottish Government (2021)The Cost of Remoteness, Reflecting higher living costs in remote rural Scotland when measuring fuel poverty

47Highlands and Islands Enterprise (2013) A Minimum Income Standard for Remote Rural Scotland, Summary and key findings

48Scottish Government (2021)The Cost of Remoteness, Reflecting higher living costs in remote rural Scotland when measuring fuel poverty

49 There is likely to be a short period afterwards where items purchased before the ban begins are still used and disposed of.

50 UK packaging producer responsibility system reform: partial island communities screening assessment

51 Scottish Government urban rural classification 2016

52 Island Community Impact Assessment ‘Consultation on reforming the UK producer responsibility system for WEEE’

53 W.R. Turrell (2020) - Estimating a regional budget of marine plastic litter in order to advise on marine management measures, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 150

54 https://www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/news/2023/september/new-kid-on-the-block-single-use-vapes-become-fastest-growing-litter-item/

55 There is likely to be a short period afterwards where items purchased before ban begins are still used and disposed of.

56 Table E3, Scoping policy options for Scotland focusing on understanding and managing the environmental impact of single use e-cigarettes: Summary Report. D Hogg 2023