Centre in europe that is focusing on the latest cutting edge technology. and getting tough on vapers: new zealand is set to announce new measures on the vaping industry, making it more difficult for youngsters to get hooked onto the product. hello. good to have you with us if you have justjoined good to have you with us if you havejustjoined us. i m sally bundock with the top business stories. and we start in china where there is further evidence its economy is under pressure. the latest manufacturing figures have just been announced and show weakness again for the world s second largest economy. forjuly, the purchasing managers index came in at 49.3. any figure below 50 shows contraction, and that means forfour months in a row, the manufacturing sector has downsized. for some economists,
And getting tough on vapers: new zealand is set to announce new measures on the vaping industry, making it more difficult for youngsters to get hooked onto the product. hello. good to have you with us if you have justjoined good to have you with us if you havejustjoined us. i m sally bundock with the top business stories. and we start in china where there is further evidence its economy is under pressure. the latest manufacturing figures have just been announced and show weakness again for the world s second largest economy. forjuly, the purchasing managers index came in at 49.3. any figure below 50 shows contraction, and that means forfour months in a row, the manufacturing sector has downsized. for some economists,
Recyclable and what happens in practice. and we know that what happens in practice in the uk is less than i% of these things are actually being recycled. it s not very economical to recycle them, they are always going to be really difficult and as a result, most of them are being thrown away, or even worse, they re being littered. but that s only half the story. garish colours and sugared flavours appeal to children, giving a gateway to nicotine. a growing epidemic, says the british medical association, which wants a ban on flavoured vapes and the rest to be sold in plain packaging. the industry disagrees. it claims sales are already regulated and vaping actively reduces smoking. the key thing is it s illegal to sell vaping products to under 18s like any age restricted category, so from our perspective these are doing a really good job at helping smokers move across to vaping because they are so simple to use. but what do the vapers and non vapers think of a ban? they shouldn t ban the
Garish colours and sugared flavours appeal to children, giving a gateway to nicotine. a growing epidemic, says the british medical association, which wants a ban on flavoured vapes and the rest to be sold in plain packaging. the industry disagrees. it claims sales are already regulated and vaping actively reduces smoking. the key thing is it s illegal to sell vaping products to under 18s like any age restricted category, so from our perspective these are doing a really good job at helping smokers move across to vaping because they are so simple to use. but what do the vapers and non vapers think of a ban? they shouldn t ban the vapes at all. why? think about the people smoking cigarettes. would you rather have cigarettes or vapes? think about that. they re not great for- the environment, are they? and especially with - the lithium batteries too. also, because so many children are smoking them now- as well, it s not great. i don t know about total ban though,