Tobacco and Vapes Bill – Lords Committee Stage

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is currently at the committee stage in the House of Lords. Amendments passed at the Lords committee stage will be reviewed by the UK Government and will pass through the UK Parliament again prior to Royal Assent.

There is presently a Call for Evidence open (until 3rd Dec), gathering information on key issues such as:   

• substances and ingredients used to create flavours in vapes and nicotine products

• levels of nicotine that should be permitted in nicotine-containing products

• size and shape of vapes, vape-like devices and tanks, and the role of technology in these devices

• proposal to introduce a new licensing scheme for selling tobacco, vaping and nicotine products

• proposal to introduce a new product registration scheme in the UK

Enabling powers in the Bill will allow Ministers to consider further restrictions on the category, as above.