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Get help to classify cigarettes, cigars, raw tobacco, smoking tobacco, tobacco for heating and nicotine substitutes for import and export.

• Updated: 7 August 2023

Guidance on how to license electronic cigarettes and other inhaled nicotine-containing products (NCPs) as medicines in the UK.

• Updated: 3 November 2022

FCDO travel advice for Kenya. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

• Updated: 27 June 2025

• Warnings and insurance

  Your travel insurance could be invalidated if you travel against advice…

• Entry requirements

  This information is for people travelling on a full ‘British citizen’…

• Safety and security

  This guide also has safety advice for regions of Kenya. Terrorism There is…

• Regional risks

  This section has safety advice for regions of Kenya. It only covers…

• Health

  Before you travel check that: your destination can provide the healthcare…

• Getting help

  The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) cannot provide…

From 1 January 2014 herbal smoking products will have Tobacco Products Duty charged on them unless they are to be used exclusively for medical purposes.

• Updated: 1 June 2023

This hub combines all of our e-cigarette and vape product guidance documents for consumers, retailers, producers and manufacturers.

• Updated: 16 January 2025

• Updated: 21 March 2019

VAT and other taxes on shopping and services, including tax-free shopping, energy-saving equipment and mobility aids.

Information relating to the Tobacco and Vapes Bill which was introduced in the House of Commons on 5 November 2024.

• Updated: 13 November 2024

How to label spirit drinks that you plan to sell in the UK.

• Updated: 1 May 2025

Find out about Customs Duty, excise duty and import VAT you may need to pay when you send gifts into the UK.

• Updated: 18 October 2024