内容摘要：The UK government has not commented on the court ruling but said it was working to ensure British businesses can benefit from the deal "as quickly as possible".

The UK government has not commented on the court ruling but said it was working to ensure British businesses can benefit from the deal "as quickly as possible".

In the same year that Laura first launched her campaign, it emerged that a fire which destroyed a recycling facility in Aberdeen had "most likely" been caused by a discarded vape.The devices contain lithium-ion batteries which, when damaged, can spontaneously combust.

The blaze took just 10 seconds to take hold and the entire facility has had to be rebuilt.The Scottish ban was first proposed in February 2024 and was due to be introduced last April.The UK and Welsh governments then confirmed they would follow suit and the Scottish ban was delayed by two months to bring them all into line.

Retailers have been increasingly providing recycling bins in shops so the devices can be disposed of properly.But Laura says she's probably collected thousands of littered vapes over the last few years.

She adds: "It's was fantastic to know that throughout the campaign we were really building up momentum. We had lots of councils support a ban, we had the Scottish government putting out reports and then, of course, we had the commitment to a ban.

Laura says she's incredibly proud of what's been achieved but adds that the campaigning has also raised the issue of other disposable technologies and how damaging that is for the environment.She's left several jobs - often due to lighting and noise in an office environment triggering migraines. She recently stopped working as an interior designer and has now launched a business pressing and framing wedding flowers from her home.

She wears loop ear buds to reduce the sharpness of the sounds around her, and limits her social life."People think a migraine is just a headache - that's just one symptom of it," Eloise says. "For me, a migraine is a whole body experience…

"Migraines have completely made my life smaller."Prof Peter Goadsby, a neurologist at the NIHR-King's Clinical Research Facility, says research is beginning to produce positive results after years of underfunding.