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HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q We have seen that the number of 11 to 17-year-olds vaping has trebled in the last three years, which is terrifying. We have also seen the mental health of young people fall off…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Very specifically the increase in children vaping, which is nicotine as well. It is the same addiction. Mark Rowland: The causes of the deterioration of young people’s mental…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you very much for being here this afternoon. Can you talk us through the work you do with some vape companies in order to take non-compliant vapes off the market? Dr…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q So you do not work directly with vape companies? Dr Squire: We do not have the powers, no. Our work with vape companies would be from the perspective of their wanting to get a…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I think there is still some slight confusion among colleagues about the exact relationship between the MHRA and trading standards vis-à-vis the huge rise in illicit vapes. Could…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you—that is clear. Can you also explain the process? You said that you published some guidance for vape companies that want to produce a prescription-only type of vape.…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Would it be reasonable for those of us who are suspicious about, for example, the marketing of vapes to children to suspect that the reason we do not see vape companies coming…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you very much for coming today. Would you support an excise duty on vapes? Mr Lawson: I am not sure that that is an appropriate question for me. I am a scientist, rather…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q But in terms of behaviour, you have been talking about the targeting of children and so on, so I am asking you for your opinion. Are you also employed by the vaping industry? Mr…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Okay, but obviously an excise duty then enables more enforcement and the track and trace scheme to which the hon. Member for Birmingham, Edgbaston referred to come into play for…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you all very much for being here today. Are any of you able to talk through the economics of the smoking industry, the vaping industry and, in particular, the illicit…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q That is helpful. Do you have any information—a guestimate—of what the illicit vape industry is worth? Dr Branston: I would not like to speculate on that because, as we heard…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q We have seen youth vaping treble between the ages of 11 and 17 in just the last three years. It has already been mentioned that the vaping and tobacco industry seeks to…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Professor Ford, do you want to add anything on what we should be looking out for? Professor Ford: I think Professor Gilmore is the expert on tobacco industry strategies.…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you both very much for being here. As I have said to other health professionals, what you say can be incredibly helpful in allowing the Bill to pass through smoothly,…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q To push back slightly, we know that babies are born addicted to crack cocaine or heroin. Does nicotine pass through as an addiction for the newborn baby in the same way?…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q So it is other damage from smoking that is caused to newborn babies. For the record, it is important to say, in answer to those who say smoking is about freedom of choice, that…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you; that is very helpful. Professor McNeill, may I ask you again about the vape flavours? The Bill takes powers to restrict packaging, location in store, and flavours. I…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Third sitting)Thank you very much. One last question: do you think the financial incentives for pregnant women and their partners would help? Professor Turner: I think this is extremely…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Third sitting)Q I thank all you chief medical officers for being here; we appreciate it. You will understand that your witness evidence is crucial to easing the passage of the Bill. I would…01 May 2024