Single-use Vapes - Post-Adoption Statement
A Post-Adoption Statement to be published as part of the Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (Scotland) Regulations 2024.
Fotnotes
1 Equality, Opportunity, Community: Our Programme for Government, Scottish Government, 2023
2 Use of e-cigarettes among adults in Great Britain. ASH, 2023
3 Scoping policy options for Scotland focusing on understanding and managing the environmental impact of single-use e-cigarettes. Hogg, 2023
4 Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping. Department of Health and Social Care, The Scottish Government, Welsh Government, and Department of Health (Northern Ireland), 2023
6 The Scottish Government, 2023.Tobacco and vaping framework: roadmap to 2034.
7 The Scottish Government, 2024. Prohibition of the sale and supply of single-use vapes: strategic environmental assessment - environmental report.
8 Section 3 of the Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005 defines the consultation authorities as Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA), Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and Historic Scotland (HS)
10 The Scottish Government, 2024Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill. As passed.
11 The Scottish Government, 2010. Scotland’s Zero Waste Plan.
12 The Scottish Government, 2014 Towards a Litter Free Scotland: A Strategic Approach to Higher Quality Local Environments.
13 The Scottish Government, 2014. Marine Litter Strategy for Scotland.
14 The Scottish Government, 2023. Equality, Opportunity, Community: Our Programme for Government
15 N.B. These figures include embodied carbon from the raw material extraction and production of single-use vapes.
17 Ibid
18 Zero Waste Scotland, 2023. Scoping policy options for Scotland focusing on understanding and managing the environmental impact of single use e-cigarettes.
19 ibid
20 Czoli et al., 2019. Identification of flavouring chemicals and potential toxicants in e-cigarette products in Ontario, Canada.
21 Eunomia 2023 for DEFRA. Analysis of the market for vapes: exploring the environmental impacts of single-use vapes. https://sciencesearch.defra.gov.uk/ProjectDetails?ProjectId=21447
22 Zero Waste Scotland, 2023. Scoping policy options for Scotland focusing on understanding and managing the environmental impact of single use e-cigarettes.
23 Beutel, M.W.; Harmon, T.C.; Novotny, T.E.; Mock, J.; Gilmore, M.E.; Hart, S.C.; Traina, S.; Duttagupta, S.; Brooks, A.; Jerde, C.L. 2021. A Review of Environmental Pollution from the Use and Disposal of Cigarettes and Electronic Cigarettes: Contaminants, Sources, and Impacts
24 Olmedo P, Goessler W, Tanda S, Grau-Perez M, Jarmul S, Aherrera A, Chen R, Hilpert M, Cohen JE, Navas-Acien A, Rule AM, 2018. Metal Concentrations in e-Cigarette Liquid and Aerosol Samples: The Contribution of Metallic Coils.
25 Zero Waste Scotland, 2023. Scoping policy options for Scotland focusing on understanding and managing the environmental impact of single use e-cigarettes.
26 Olmedo P, Goessler W, Tanda S, Grau-Perez M, Jarmul S, Aherrera A, Chen R, Hilpert M, Cohen JE, Navas-Acien A, Rule AM, 2018. Metal Concentrations in e-Cigarette Liquid and Aerosol Samples: The Contribution of Metallic Coils.
27 Keep Scotland Beautiful, 2023. Scottish Litter Survey.
28 The Scottish Government, 2024. Consultation: Implementing the prohibition of the sale and supply is single-use vapes in Scotland: your views.
29 The Scottish Government, 2024. Single-use vapes consultation: Scottish Government Response. Scottish Government.
30 The Scottish Government, Welsh Government, and Department of Health (Northern Ireland), 2023. Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping. Department of Health and Social Care.
31 The Scottish Government, 2013. Scottish Government (2013) Strategic Environmental Assessment: guidance [accessed August 2024]
Contact
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