the local government association has reported a rise in the number of shops illegally selling e cigarettes to children. david fothergill is chair of the local government association s community wellbeing board he told me more about the changes they d like to be introduced. vaping products are actually a very good way to get yourself off smoking and we would encourage people to stop smoking and move to vaping. that is a really good alternative with less risks. but if you are under 18 and you are coming to vaping as a lifestyle choice, really, that seems to be completely the wrong thing to do. first of all, it s illegal and second of all, the marketing of these products does encourage youngsters to adopt them, and ultimately it is a way into smoking, rather than a way out. so you want changes to the way they market it? we certainly do. we believe that clearly, it is illegal, but we do have to tackle the marketing of them, so what we would like to see is they re moved into plain packagi
enough of these jets. we would need many more of them. a decision today to donate any kind ofjets, any f 16s, to donate them outside poland is a very serious decision and it is not an easy one for us to take. millions of people have taken part in pro government rallies in tehran, and other iranian cities, to mark the 44th anniversary of the islamic revolution in 1979. demonstrators chanted slogans and waved banners that condemned the us and israel. this yea r s event follows months of mass protests against the theocratic system. local authorities in england and wales are calling for vaping products to be regulated in the same way that cigarettes are, including plain packaging and being kept out of sight behind the counter.
that they re moved away from the counter and shop windows, and some of these products are really highly attractive colours, they have cartoon characters on them, they are very sweet, they are fruity and, i mean, there are even bubble gum flavours, so we would like to see them moved behind the counter, in plain packaging with clear labelling telling people just what the risks are and that, we believe, would be less attractive to youngsters under 18 from buying the products. and presumably there is evidence to back up that happened with cigarettes and that did make a difference? of course. i mean, there is legislation there, it is illegal to sell these products, but they are still being sold. 16% of those that have acquired vaping products have got them from newsagents and 20% of them from supermarkets, so they are still being sold. we need to make sure they are less accessible and less attractive so they don t become a lifestyle choice for the youngsters and make sure they don t then wa
0ur colleagues in ash say that there should be a single tax use on vaping products, we have not gone that far, but we do believe that could also be something that would persuade young children and teenagers to not get into it. now on bbc news the weather with ben. good afternoon, a lot of cloud out there right now but some glimmers of brightness and sunny spells, and we will continue to see some sunshine through what is left of the afternoon and temperatures peaking at 11-13. it is afternoon and temperatures peaking at 11 13. it is very mild and the wind is relatively light. as we go through this evening and overnight, we will keep large amounts of cloud but where there aren t some breaks, north east scotland, may be parts of east wales and the south west of england, we could see patchy frost and most places with temperatures holding above freezing. heading into tomorrow, again, quite a lot of cloud around certainly to start but as the breeze picks up, a better chance of sunny spells a