Retailer Guidance: Single-Use Vape Ban from 1st June 2025
Download: SGF Retailers' Guide: Regulations for Vaping & Tobacco Compliance – May 2025
Download: Store Poster for Disposable Vape Ban - 1st June
The Scottish Government has published regulations to ban the sale of disposable vapes in Scotland. In order to align with a similar ban being introduced for the other nations of the UK, the ban will come into force from 1st June 2025.
The Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 is the primary legislation used to introduce a ban on disposable vapes in Scotland.
From 1st June, it will be an offence for a person or business to supply, offer to supply, or have in their possession for supply, single-use vapes. Those found in breach will be subject to a summary conviction of up to 2 years or/and a fine.
There will be no sell through period and all products must be fully compliant from 1st June 2025. (Any left-over stock must be discontinued and stored separately from items for sale, clearly marked as ‘Not for Sale’.)
In the coming months further changes to the regulations on the sale of vape and tobacco products are expected to be introduced through the UK Government’s Tobacco and Vape Bill. This is currently being debated in the House of Lords and is separate to the Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (Scotland) Regulations 2024.
How To Identify A Disposable Vape?
A single-use vape is a vape which is not designed or intended to be re-used and includes any vape which is:
not refillable,
not rechargeable, or
not refillable and not rechargeable
A vape is not refillable, unless it is designed to include:
a single-use container which is separately available and can be replaced by an individual user in the normal course of use, or
a container which can be refilled by an individual user in the normal course of use
A vape is not rechargeable if it is designed to contain:
a battery which cannot be recharged, or
a coil which is not separately available (available for purchase by an individual user) and cannot be replaced by an individual user in the normal course of use, including any coil which is contained in a single-use cartridge or pod which is not separately available and cannot be replaced by an individual user in the normal course of use
SGF will keep continue to keep members informed about updates on this ban, but we recommend that you contact your local Trading Standards office to ensure full compliance with the law.