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How vaping took over Britain

The Story

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The Illicit Side of Vaping

40% of attempts to buy vapes by 16 year old test purchases were successful. You get these huge stacks coming in from China via Europe on lorriesComing into Dover and elsewhere. No one's really got what's going into the country. And then you've also got organized crime gangs getting in on the act. In Manchester, they've been finding warehouses with huge caches of this stuff run by Sir the gangs in Cheetah and Hill and Strangewa is in Manchester. So it's a pretty complex picture. Now this illicit side of vaping, of course, takes away somewhat from the image that has been portrayed about it being a healthier alternative to smoking. Do we know

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