CLOUD & CLEAR

Vape Crusader Laura hails success of campaign to outlaw disposable e-cigs as Scotland's largest council backs bán

- DAN VEVERS

VAPE Crusader Laura Young has hailed the momentum behind the campaign to outlaw polluting disposable e-cigs after Glasgow City Council backed the call.

The young activist said the move by Scotland’s biggest local authority to support a national ban on disposable vapes was extremely encouraging”.

Laura said she hoped more councils would follow suit as Glasgow became the third council to back a ban, after similar declarations by Dundee and Renfrewshire chiefs.

Glasgow City Council will now write to ministers throwing its weight behind the Daily Record'’s campaign to highlight the growing pollution menace of the gadgets.

In the wake of our coverage, the Scottish Government announced in January it would launch an urgent review’ into single-use vaping products with a ban on the cards.