DISPOSABLE vapes are being sold for as little as 29p in a “crazy” fire sale before they are banned this weekend.
It means they are being flogged for less than a Cadbury’s chocolate Freddo bar — which now costs 30p in supermarkets.
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From Sunday it will be illegal to sell single-use e-cigarettes in the UK under new laws to protect kids and reduce landfill.
But online sellers are desperate to avoid being stuck with illegal stock with £200 fines looming.
One site boasting a “UK Vape Bargain Blast” is selling Flavaah Bar disposable vapes for 29p each, down from £5.
Elf Bars are on sale for 49p each, also down from a fiver.
And a packet of 20 e-cigs can cost just £10, which would have been £100 a year ago.
Kate Pike, from the Chartered Trading Standards Institute, told The Sun: “This is crazy.
“We are anticipating a challenging spike in illegal operations and supply during the changeover.
“Shops have been warned and told to run down their stocks and I’ve seen some unbelievably low prices.
“This is an addictive product and we shouldn’t be selling them for these prices, but they aren’t doing anything wrong at this stage.”
Campaigners We Vape said it showed the new law will create a black market and is “impossible to enforce”.
Ministers have brought in the rule as part of a drive to deter children and teenagers, who often use single-use vapes in fruity flavours, with flavours also set to be banned.
They also acted on environmental concerns about huge amounts of plastic and lithium batteries being thrown out, with an estimated one million vapes binned every day.
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