The Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (England) Regulations 2024 draft SI
Draft version of the statutory instrument to ban the sale and supply of disposable vapes in England.
Applies to England
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In January 2024, the government announced that disposable vapes will be banned in England. The Scottish Government and Welsh Government have also confirmed they intend to introduce legislation.
A disposable vape has a very short life span and, as well as encouraging youth vaping, they are harmful to our environment.
Not only are precious resources wasted in their manufacture and disposal, but far too many are being carelessly discarded - this littering blights our communities and pollutes our soil and water.
We have published draft regulations which set out the scope of the ban on the sale and supply of disposable vapes in England. This includes both nicotine and non-nicotine containing products.
We have also published a draft impact assessment.
Submit your views
If you have any comments or views on the draft regulations, send them to us at: disposablevapes@defra.gov.uk by 25 March 2024.
The UK is a party to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and so has an obligation to protect the development of public health policy from the vested interests of the tobacco industry.
To meet this obligation, we ask all respondents to disclose whether they have any direct or indirect links to, or receive funding from, the tobacco industry.