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Electronic Cigarettes: Fines

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 195993, tabled on 1 September 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the £10,000 penalties for the sale of illicit tobacco products to illicit e-cigarettes.

Answered on

8 September 2023

The current Track and Trace system only covers illicit tobacco. However, we are currently exploring a range of new measures to tackle illicit vapes as part of response to youth vaping call for evidence. We will publish our response to this shortly.