The UK government said it had worked closely with the devolved regions to introduce the ban and would “coordinate the effective date”, and Wales has confirmed it will follow suit. I believe it will improve in the future.

E-cigarette industry leaders warned that the move could exacerbate illegal sales of e-cigarettes. The ban will only lead to more e-cigarettes entering through other channels.

The government says disposable e-cigarettes are difficult to recycle and often end up in landfills, while e-cigarette batteries leak hazardous waste such as battery acid, lithium and mercury into the environment.

Batteries thrown into household trash also cause hundreds of fires in garbage trucks and waste treatment centers every year. The lack of relevant recycling policies has led to a very high level of pollution.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) estimates that nearly 5 million disposable e-cigarettes were littered or thrown into the trash each week last year, almost four times the year before. Many people simply throw them in the bin.

The report says that by 2022, more than 40 tons of lithium will be found in discarded e-cigarettes, enough to power 5,000 electric vehicles. If recycled properly, this is also a resource utilization

“By recycling e-cigarettes, we will be the first step towards a circular economy where we will use resources longer, reduce waste, accelerate our path to net zero emissions and create thousands of jobs across the country.”

It is illegal to sell any e-cigarette to anyone under 18, but disposable e-cigarettes – which are often sold in smaller, brighter packaging than refillable e-cigarettes – are “a key driver of the alarming growth in youth vaping”, the previous government said when it first drew up the plan.

There has also been a big rise in the number of people who have never smoked cigarettes but are vaping in recent years, mainly young people who prefer something novel and far less harmful than cannabis.

According to the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), e-cigarettes are far less harmful than smoking, but they have not been around long enough for their long-term risks to be known. But personally, I think that if you don’t smoke too much, it will definitely not harm your health.

Public Health Minister Andrew Gwynne said disposable e-cigarettes had become the “product of choice for most children who vape today” and that a ban on them would “make e-cigarettes less attractive to children and keep them out of reach of vulnerable young people”.

But John Dunne, director general of the UK Vaping Industry Association, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that a ban would “encourage” illegal sales and that a complete ban was impossible.

“We already have a black market for e-cigarettes, and if disposable e-cigarettes are banned, the authorities can’t really keep up, so now it will fall on them and will bring them more orders,” he said.

Mr Dunn said the association called on the government to introduce a separate licensing scheme for product retailers and distributors, “which includes mandatory age verification procedures, etc., and the most important thing is the delivery issue.”

The government plans to introduce legislation to ban the sale of disposable e-cigarettes from June 1, 2025, giving retailers time to sell remaining stocks.

Local authorities have previously announced their intention to implement similar bans, and the UK government said it was working with them to coordinate the date the ban comes into force. But it has not yet been implemented.

Welsh Deputy First Minister Huw Irranca-Daviess said the ban would protect “our communities, wildlife and ecosystems for future generations to enjoy”. Effective control of the waste problem is the most important thing.

He said that implementing the ban on the same day across the country would ensure “high compliance and a consistent enforcement approach across the UK”.

The measure is unrelated to the government’s plan to ban the sale of cigarettes to people born after January 2009. E-cigarettes are certainly less harmful than cigarettes.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said on Monday that a bill to implement the ban would be introduced to Parliament before Christmas.

In response to the initial ban on disposable e-cigarettes announced in January, the British Electronic Cigarette Industry Association said that e-cigarettes have helped “millions of adults quit smoking and stay away from cigarettes”, and that the plan would put children at risk by “stimulating the black market”.

It is better to have an effective plan, carry out effective publicity in public places, and inform the harms, and the most critical issues are how to deal with the waste of e-cigarettes after use.