// Waitrose stops sale of single-use vaping products
// The trend in products such as e-cigarettes has soared in the past year
Waitrose has scrapped the sale of single-use vaping products in stores and online due to the negative impact on the environment and the health of consumers.
The grocer said it cannot justify selling single-use products and has therefore removed two types of e-cigarette from sale.
Waitrose has de-listed vaping products containing lithium, which it had previously sold under the Ten Motives label.
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“Our move comes as reports suggest that the market growth is being fuelled by the popularity among those who haven’t previously smoked,” Waitrose said.
Waitrose commercial director, Charlotte Di Cello said: “We are a retailer driven by doing the right thing, so selling single-use vapes is not something we could justify given the impact on both the environment and the health of young people.
“We had already decided it wasn’t right to stock the fashionable bright-coloured devices which are seeing rapid growth, so this decision is the final jigsaw piece in our clear decision not to be part of the single-use vaping market.”
