Scots shops face ban on displaying vapes to protect youngsters from 'ticking time bomb'

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Shops could be banned from displaying vapes to protect young people from a “ticking time bomb”.Scottish Greens MSP Gillian Mackay wants retailers to treat them in the same way as cigarettes and hide them from view.She intends to ask for a law to crack down on vape products, which often come in bright colours and in a range of sweet flavours.Mackay said: “This is beyond the days of smoking behind the bike sheds – this is a multi-million industry leading the nation’s health down a path to disaster.

It is a ticking time-bomb and, until we know more, that’s not a risk I or anyone else should be asked to accept.”She has written to shops and vape manufacturers ahead of taking her campaign to the Scottish Parliament.Mackay, the Green Party’s health spokesman, said there is growing concern that the number of under-age people being attracted by “deliberately sweet-toothed tactics” to market products is spiralling.She is calling on retailers to lead by example by writing to them urging that they hide the products from view.The Central Scotland MSP, said: “Scotland should be rightly proud of the huge steps forward taken bringing in a smoking ban in public places introduced in December 2004.“But I fear the progress it brought is being unpicked by producers of e-cigarettes and vaping products using deliberately sweet-toothed tactics to target a new generation of users and we cannot stand idly by and just hope for the best.“It cannot be right that these brands are promoting these products with berry, watermelon, mint and other flavours.

It is a re-run of when alcopops first appeared on the scene and targeted teeny tipplers.”In August, Ash Scotland’s chief executive, Sheila Duffy, highlighted the risk of cheap, brightly coloured,