Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2024-25
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2024-25 will introduce a generational ban on the sale of tobacco, and further regulate vapes and vaping products.
E-cigarettes, or vapes, allow users to inhale nicotine in water vapour rather than in smoke. Data suggests that vaping is becoming more widespread, particularly among children and young people: daily or occasional vaping increased among 16-to-24-year-olds in Great Britain from 11.1% in 2021 to 15.5% in 2022.
Although there is broad consensus that e-cigarettes are less harmful than smoking tobacco, concerns have arisen over their possible long-term effects on health.
The Government announced in the 2023 King’s Speech that it would bring forward a tobacco and vapes bill to restrict the sale and marketing of e-cigarettes to children. The bill would also prevent people born on or after 1 January 2009 from ever being sold tobacco cigarettes, creating a ‘smokefree generation’.
View Commons Library research on tobacco and vaping below.
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Debate on a Motion to approve the Draft Environmental Protection (Single-Use Vapes) (England) Regulations 2024
A debate on a Motion to approve the Draft Environmental Protection (Single-Use Vapes) (England) Regulations 2024 has been scheduled in the Commons Chamber for 13 November 2024.
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Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2023-24
This Bill would prohibit the sale of tobacco to people born on or after 1 January 2009, and enable product requirements to be imposed in connection with tobacco, vapes and other products.
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Youth vaping in England
Vaping has increased among children and young people in England. This briefing considers the potential causes, implications and the government's policy response.
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Vaping and health
E-cigarettes are recognised as being less harmful than tobacco cigarettes, but little is known about their long-term health risks. This briefing provides an overview of the evidence.
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Advertising, marketing and promotion of vaping products
The Labour government has committed to banning vapes from being branded and advertised to appeal to children. This briefing outlines their current regulation.
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Shop displays of tobacco and vaping products
This briefing considers the scope and extent of the prohibition of tobacco displays in shops and the treatment of specialist tobacconists. It also considers recent calls for tighter regulation of the display of vaping products (e-cigarettes and e-liquids) in shops of all sizes to protect children and young people.
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The regulation of e-cigarettes
This briefing paper provides an overview of the regulation of e-cigarettes in the UK.
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The smokefree 2030 ambition for England
The government has proposed further tobacco and vaping regulation in support of the smokefree 2030 ambition for England. Our briefing gives further information.
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Environmental impact of disposable vapes
A debate has been scheduled in Westminster Hall for 4.30pm on Tuesday 29 November. The debate will be opened by Kirsten Oswald MP.
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Statistics on Smoking
This note includes statistics on smoking and e-cigarette use among adults and children and young people. Data on the health impacts of smoking in terms of smoking-related hospital admissions and deaths is also provided, as well as recent estimate of the economic costs associated with smoking.
