According to a report by Oxford Mail, The Green Group, an environmental organization in Oxford, UK, has called for a complete ban on disposable e-cigarettes in response to the current "environmental and health crisis.
City councilors Lucy Pegg and Rosie Rawle are set to table a motion at tonight's city council meeting, urging Mayor Susan Brown to lobby the government to support a ban on the sale of disposable e-cigarettes in the UK by 2024.
The UK National Health Service system states on its website that e-cigarettes are not completely harmless, but they only recommend adult smokers to use e-cigarettes to quit smoking and maintain a smoke-free status.
On the other hand, the tobacco industry has made e-cigarette packaging highly appealing and designed e-liquids with flavors that appeal to children, which has ironically resulted in a dependence on nicotine among a generation of young people. The motion proposed by the "Green Organization" states that "disposable e-cigarettes that are difficult to dispose of and recycle are causing damage to the natural environment and wasting vital material resources.
The environmental organization has called on Cabinet members responsible for Oxford's zero carbon and climate justice initiatives, as well as community planning and health, to investigate how the municipal council is encouraging retailers of disposable e-cigarettes in Oxford to provide e-cigarette recycling facilities in their stores.
However, a study conducted by Oxford University last year suggested that e-cigarettes are more effective in helping people quit smoking than traditional nicotine replacement therapies such as patches and gum.
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