多家英國媒體消息，英格蘭和威爾士的地方議會稱，一次性電子煙會造成環境污染與火災隱患，且對未成年的吸引力太大，每周有130萬支一次性電子煙被丟棄，希望到2024年能全面禁止一次性電子煙。據格物梳理總結，此次對于一次性電子煙全面禁令的探討，更多基于其造成的環境污染，而目前已經有不少供應鏈企業、品牌、零售商推動搭建回收體系，事態并非沒有轉機。
值得注意的是，相關報道中再次提到ELFBAR和LOST MARY，指出兩大品牌占到了去年英國共售出近3億支電子煙中的一半以上，相較于前一年銷售額增長了超過4倍，在英國市場占有重要地位。
格物消費從ELFBAR獲得了針對這一事件的官方回應，相關人士表示正在與地方當局就避免青少年吸食電子煙，電子煙產品的回收，以及為英國的免費電子煙計劃‘Swap to Stop’ 提供電子煙產品等問題進行探討，從而為英國政府實現無煙目標提供幫助。ELFBAR正針對上述各方面問題制定包括 "Lighthouse Guardian"在內的全面計劃，以保障和保護兒童。
以下為英文回應原文：
We are happy to work with the LGA and indeed are in discussions with a number of local authorities to address instances of youth vaping, the recycling of vaping products, the provision of vaping products in ‘Swap to Stop’ schemes to help meet the Government smoke free ambitions and to address the issue of illicit vaping products. We are developing comprehensive programme across all of these areas including our Lighthouse Guardian program to safeguard and protect children.
Simply calling for a ban on singe use vapes will do nothing to tackle these issues. The illicit market will simply fill the void with products that are unlicensed and unregulated containing substances that potentially pose a health risk. It is noticeable that leading public health groups, including ASH, are not calling for such prohibitive measures.
Vaping remains critical to moving smokers off tobacco products and to achieving the Government’s and councils’ smoke free ambitions. Research also clearly shows that single use vapes are the preferred choice for smokers to begin their smoke free journey. This call will do nothing to help these ambitions and, if enacted, would keep smoker’s addicted to tobacco for far longer than they need to be.