Allow vape shops to open during lock downs class them as “essential”

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

PHE & NHS support vaping industry,they have made this clear around the world,

Closing vape stores is driving people back to smoking putting more stress on the NHS dealing with smoking related Illnesses ,
Vaping saves lives, do not undo all the hard work helping people stop smoking

We the people ask our government to help us and class vape shops as “essential”

So they can once again help people stop smoking and maintain the progress they have made getting the uk smoke free

Let’s keep up the excellent progress they have made as an industry and collectively with PHE & NHS and government

Lets NOT start back at square one ACT NOW

Why undo all the good work over many years the industry has done

Italy have supported this and understand the benefits to the population

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Keep vaping shops open in total COVID-19 lockdown to stop ex-smokers relapsing

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

Timeline

24 Mar 2020	Petition opened for signatures
30 Apr 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 30 Apr 2020

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