Sunak hits out at vape corporations for interesting to youngsters – and divulges he’s wanting ahead to Katy Perry acting at King’s coronation

Rishi Sunak has criticised vaping corporations for interesting to youngsters – and revealed he’s wanting ahead to US singer Katy Perry performing on the King’s coronation live performance.

In an interview with Sky News’ youngsters’s programme, FYI, the prime minister hit out at vaping corporations for focusing on youngsters with vibrant adverts and characters.

He informed presenters Maya and Braydon: “These adverts for these things [vapes] are designed to appeal to kids, you know, with the colours they use, the characters they use – that’s not right – their flavours.

“These are all issues that should not be occurring.”

Earlier in April, the federal government introduced it will launch an “illicit vapes enforcement squad” as a part of a crackdown on the unlawful sale of e-cigarettes to under-18s.

And final week it launched a “call for evidence” into the way to cut back the variety of youngsters accessing and utilizing vape merchandise.

“No one should be vaping under 18. It’s illegal to sell vapes to children,” Mr Sunak informed FYI.

“But yet we know that more and more young people are and we want to stop that.

“So we’re doing a few issues. One is we’re having a crackdown squad.

“We’ve put millions of pounds behind it and they’re going to go make sure all the rules are enforced and people should not be selling vaping products to young people.

“And in the event that they do, then dangerous issues will occur to them.”

He added the federal government can be asking individuals for the most effective concepts to stop youngsters from vaping.

“That’s how governments make policy. I don’t just wake up in the morning and just announce something,” he mentioned.

“You know, we take the time to talk to people, to listen, to get ideas and then make the right decision.”

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In the wide-ranging interview, Mr Sunak additionally revealed what he was wanting ahead to through the coronation weekend originally of May, and what his weekly conferences with the King are like.

“I’m very excited about the concert,” he mentioned.

“I am looking forward to the concert because Katy Perry is coming, my girls are big fans of Katy Perry so that’s great.”

He mentioned he and the King take to each other and through their conferences he can see “just how unbelievably committed he [King Charles] is to serving our country and his strong desire to represent everybody, you know, from every walk of life”.

“I think he does that really really brilliantly. And he deserves a lot of praise for that,” the PM added.

“I see it up close, and it’s a real privilege to be able to have that opportunity every week. And we’re lucky to have him doing that job.”

Watch the complete interview on FYI on Sky News, Sky Kids or Sky News YouTube at 10.30am and 4.30pm on Saturday and 10.30am on Sunday.

Children can ask their trainer to observe it in school on First News Education TV.