Along with the health risk that vapes can cause to public health, illegal tobacco also poses problems. These products are often sold at low prices to both adults and young people, which both discourages some to give up smoking or introduces smoking to young people, in both instances increasing the risk to public health.

Schools

The use of detection dogs in the identification of illegal tobacco and vapes can provide both a deterrent to those thinking about taking vapes to school as well as providing reassurance to parents that their children's well-being is paramount to the school. Statistics show a huge increase in young people using vapes, who have never smoked. The brightly coloured, flavoured products are appealing, and so the more we are able to discourage their use the better we are able to protect the younger generations.

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Ports, retail premises, containers, healthcare environments and vehicles

More and more organisations are finding value in using detection dogs in many scenarios, as they're able to access difficult to reach areas with ease, can cover huge areas in a short amount of time, and have an extremely high success rate; they are precise in finding hidden products with a high degree of accuracy.