Consultation outcome

Vaping Products Duty consultation

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HM Treasury
Published
6 March 2024
Last updated
28 April 2025 鈥� See all updates
This consultation has concluded

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Detail of outcome

The government received 114 responses to the Vaping Products Duty consultation which ran from 6 March 2024 to 29 May 2024. The government has now analysed feedback and responded to the consultation outlining next steps. The government has published the response to this consultation and launched a subsequent technical consultation.

In response to the technical consultation, the government will implement the Vaping Duty Stamps scheme using hybrid physical duty stamps with digital elements to enable tracing through the supply chain. The government also announced it will introduce a Nicotine Approval Scheme (NAS). This will be consulted on in due course.

Original consultation

Summary

We welcome views on proposals for the design and implementation of a new UK-wide Vaping Products Duty.

This consultation ran from
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Consultation description

The government announced at Budget 2024 that it would introduce a new Vaping Products Duty from October 2026. This consultation sets out the proposals for how the duty will be designed and implemented. This duty will be accompanied by a one-off increase in tobacco duties.

In January 2024, the Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC) announced a range of restrictions it will introduce on vaping products, including on the supply and sale of disposable vapes. This consultation led by HM Treasury and HM Revenue and Customs builds on these measures, with proposals for how a vaping duty would further tackle the harms of vaping.聽The duty is intended to discourage young people and non-smokers from vaping, while maintaining the current financial incentive to choose vaping over smoking.

HMRC has also published independent research conducted on the vaping market.

HM Treasury and HM Revenue and Customs value the input of stakeholders and interested parties. We will consider your response to help shape our policy development and ensure the vaping products duty achieves its objectives.

Please respond to this consultation using the below Vaping Products Duty consultation response template. We cannot guarantee that responses will be considered if they are not received in this format. If you are unable to use this template due to any accessibility issues, please contact vapingproductsduty@hmrc.gov.uk

Documents

Ref: ISBN 978-1-916693-93-7

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Updates to this page

Published 6 March 2024
Last updated 28 April 2025 show all updates

  1. Technical consultation outcome added.

  2. Added consultation outcome.

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