Environmental campaigners want a stop to throwaway e-cigarettes, which contain lithium batteries.
Disposable vapes, which typically cost a few pounds, are marketed as "beginner friendly" and can last for the equivalent of a pack of 20 cigarettes - around 600 "puffs".
Because they contain valuable materials such as lithium batteries and copper, as well as plastic, vapes are classed as Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment and users are supposed to dispose of them at a household recycling centre or at the shop where they bought the device. Green MSP Gillian Mackay raised the issue at Holyrood, citing a newspaper's campaign against disposable vapes.
Mr Yousaf said Public Health Scotland was examining the impact of vaping, with an action plan due in the autumn.While the World Health Organisation said they were "undoubtedly harmful to health", there was limited evidence on their long-term impact, he said.
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