UK to ban sale of disposable vapes in response to soaring waste and safety risks CNN Deprived high streets in England are populated by 70% more vape shops, bookmakers, takeaways and off licences than in wealthier areas, a new study has found. Poorer areas also have far fewer gyms, An eyewitness has told the BBC of his efforts to keep people back from a fire at a vape shop next to Glasgow Central station. Lamin Kongira told BBC Scotland News he Pointless' disposable vape ban may drive users back to cigarettes