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The UK government is to ban the sale and supply of single-use vapes by next summer.

Legislation to introduce the ban from 1 June next year has been laid out in parliament, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) confirmed.

Businesses will have until the deadline “to sell any remaining stock they hold and prepare for the ban coming into force”, it said.

The UK government and devolved governments worked closely on the ban and would “align coming into force dates”, the department added.

Circular economy minister Mary Creagh said single-use vapes were “extremely wasteful and blight our towns and cities”.

“That is why we are banning single-use vapes as we end this nation’s throwaway culture,” she said.

“This is the first step on the road to a circular economy, where we use resources for longer, reduce waste, accelerate the path to net zero and create thousands of jobs across the country.”