内容摘要："Your imagination is huge and you can lay in bed and travel to all sorts of places and think about things whereas you can't do them," she said.

"Your imagination is huge and you can lay in bed and travel to all sorts of places and think about things whereas you can't do them," she said.

This year was also Rhys Thomas' first time at Hay Festival.He had a "full circle" moment watching poet John Cooper Clarke take to the stage, after first seeing him while working at his local festival aged 16.

"I just didn't realise that poetry and literature could have that raw edge to it," he said."He was funny, he was swearing. He's a rock and roll star who uses poems instead of guitar solos."Rhys, a journalist from Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, said it was not until he moved to England for university that he started immersing himself in books and writing.

The 28-year-old described the literary world as "very elite", and said it could "feel alienating and inaccessible"."I didn't have any books in the house growing up. So I was both sort of economically and culturally not really someone you'd associate with the art world," he said.

"Over time it has given me a lot of self doubt and confidence issues, especially around like, can I function in the world as a writer? But also in a bigger existential way of, this is a clash against the person I'm supposed to be."

Rhys has been writing for a year and a half, and before applying for the competitive Writer at Work programme said he "didn't believe in himself"."The government calls time on these nasty devices."

But Action on Smoking and Health chief executive Hazel Cheeseman questioned what impact the ban would have, pointing out new refillable vape kits were coming on to the market that look and cost similar to the single-use ones.She said it would not be until the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which includes powers to regulate marketing, branding and advertising, came into power that the issue of youth vaping could be truly tackled.

"Their appeal is driven by bright colours, wide availability and cheap prices," she said."The new regulations will hopefully help to address the environmental impact, but government will need further regulations to address the appeal of products to teenagers."