Our readers have responded to local councils calling for disposable vapes to be banned. 

Local councils are calling for disposable vapes to be banned in the UK due to a "growing epidemic" among under 18's and also environmental and health causes.

England and Wales' Local Government Association (LGA) has said it is "crucial" a ban comes into force "rapidly" to stop a flood of single-use vapes into the UK market.

The LGA has described disposable vapes as "a hazard" for waste collectors and said they are "almost impossible to recycle without going through special treatment".

Here's what you had to say. 

Rachael Ridley said: "I never liked them in the first place, just a stepping stone to get young people hooked on tobacco.

"Just people getting greedy at people's expense."

One reader said: "They should make vapes part of the smoking ban, meaning they can’t be used inside public buildings."

Lyn Fox said: "Maybe they should be prescription only."

Another reader said: "It also looks so unprofessional to see barristers in court vaping and the postie vaping whilst working.

"There are always loads of them smashed on the road side near schools too, which gives an indication of where they are being used and where the schools should be doing some work."