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19th May 2023
UK: During yesterday’s (18th May) debate of the Finance Bill (2), members of Parliament questioned tax treatment of heated tobacco and e-cigarettes, and raised the issue of marketing e-cigs to under-18s. The exchequer secretary to the Treasury, Gareth Davies, said that the issue of vaping is being reviewed and will be discussed with the health minister.19th May 2023
- UK: Discussing plastic pollution, member of Parliament Richard Foord raised the role of disposables, cartridges and cigarette butts in the pollution of oceans. “On the subject of smoking and vaping, we have to think about producer responsibility, where the producer has to pay,” said Foord.
4th May 2023
UK: In answer to a written parliamentary question, junior health minister Neil O’Brien said there were no current plans to increase the purchasing age for tobacco and e-cigarettes to 21. “Our assessment is that an increase in the age of sale would be a major departure from the policy pursued over recent decades, which has emphasised personal responsibility and help for people to quit,” he said.
24th March 2023
- UK: Junior health secretary Neil O'Brien has said that there is currently no evidence that young people move from using vapes to tobacco products, including cigarettes.
23rd March 2023
UK: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that the heated tobacco retailer Neafs breached the Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP) code by featuring images on its website of people who appeared to be under 25 holding and using a Neafs device. It was determined that one of the models would have been 24 at the time the advertisement was published, putting it in breach of the code.
21st March 2023
UK: The government will unveil a set of proposals in the coming weeks aimed at realising the goal of a “Smokefree 2030” and responding to the recommendations in the Khan Review, according to junior health minister Neil O’Brien.
21st March 2023
UK: Lancashire Police and Trading Standards officers last week seized 1,024 counterfeit e-cigarettes and tobacco products in the town of Preston. Together they would have been worth around £7,000 if genuine.
10th March 2023
- UK: At yesterday's debate, the National No Smoking Day, MPs asked the health secretary exactly when the response to the Khan review will be published and whether a “polluter pays” charge will be imposed on the tobacco industry in the upcoming budget. Junior health secretary, Neil O'Brien, answered that a set of proposals to realise the smokefree 2030 ambition and to respond to the Khan review’s recommendations will be revealed in the coming weeks.
8th March 2023
UK: Asked in Parliament about a possible “smoke-free fund” to be paid for by the tobacco industry to boost public health budgets, junior health minister Neil O’Brien said the government would be investing £35m this year in the National Health Service (NHS) to ensure that all smokers who are admitted to hospital are given NHS-funded tobacco treatment.
28th February 2023
UK: According to figures published by the government today, provisional 2022 tax revenue from a range of tobacco products including heated tobacco is estimated at £136m.
27th February 2023
- UK: Junior environment secretary, Rebecca Pow, said that the Environment Agency has so far not taken any enforcement action under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) regulations against companies selling disposable e-cigarettes. Recently, betterRetailing reported that inspections of vape shops and their disposal management capabilities will start in May 2023, but the Office for Product Safety and Standards has not confirmed these plans. Stores selling heated tobacco devices are also obliged to offer take-back services for any devices (including for brands they do not stock) and have an established system for disposal or recycling.
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