内容摘要：Mr Raghunandan says that Russia's cost of producing crude is also lower than in Opec countries like Saudi Arabia, so they would be hurt by lower oil prices before Russia.

Mr Raghunandan says that Russia's cost of producing crude is also lower than in Opec countries like Saudi Arabia, so they would be hurt by lower oil prices before Russia.

Labour then pushed ahead with it.Scotland and Northern Ireland have introduced their own bans, timed to coincide with the one in England and Wales.

Vape use has risen rapidly over the last decade with 9% of the British public now buying and using e-cigarettes.Latest figures suggest about one in four vapers use the disposable versions, although that proportion has fallen since the ban was announced.And while it is illegal to sell vapes to anyone under 18, disposable vapes, often sold in smaller, more colourful packaging than refillable ones, have been cited as an important factor in the rise of youth vaping.

Currently one in seven 18 to 24-year-olds vape but have never smoked.Vaping is substantially less harmful than smoking but it has not been around for long enough for its long-term risks to be known, according to the NHS.

The environmental impact is considerable. Single-use vapes are difficult to recycle and typically end up in landfill where their batteries can leak harmful chemicals like battery acid, lithium, and mercury into the environment, the government said.

Batteries thrown into household waste also cause hundreds of"They have done their research. They've gone onto social media, they've seen images. They've read reviews. They're getting tips off TikTok," he said.

"People are literally walking in with their phones, particularly if English isn't their first language, and they're holding up pictures or showing us reels and saying: 'I want this'."Customers pay anything from £3.20 for a plain croissant to £4.50 for "limited edition" bakes - prices which David accepts are outside of the bracket of "everyday products".

But he said between the ingredients, paying for his "quality" staff and making a profit, margins were "very small"."Wages have increased quite dramatically just recently and that does translate straight to the prices that we have to pass on to the customer," he said.