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From 1 June 2025, it is illegal for businesses to sell or supply single-use vapes. It is also illegal to offer to sell or supply single-use vapes, or to stock single-use vapes that you plan to sell or supply. Single-use vapes are also known as disposable vapes.

The ban applies to:听

• sales online and in shops听
• all vapes whether or not they contain nicotine听

You must arrange to recycle any leftover stock of single-use vapes from 1 June 2025. You can still sell and supply vapes that are reusable.

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Who the ban applies to

The ban applies to all businesses and organisations that sell or supply single-use vapes in the UK. This includes:听

• retailers 鈥� such as convenience stores, market stalls, petrol stations, specialist vape shops and supermarkets
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• wholesalers
• importers
• healthcare settings and stop smoking services

Definition of single-use and reusable vapes

Single-use vapes are not designed or intended for reuse. A vape is single-use if it either:

• has a battery you cannot recharge
• is not refillable

To be reuseable, a vape must have a:听

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• refillable container that holds the vaping e-liquid (such as a chamber, capsule, cartridge, pod or tank)
• removable and replaceable coil (if the vape contains a coil)

Refill requirements for reusable vapes

Reusable vapes can be refillable by either:

• filling up the tank or cartridge with e-liquid
• inserting new, pre-filled pods

Refills (pods or e-liquid refill bottles) should be separately available for users to buy.

Coil requirements for reusable vapes

Some reusable vapes have a coil (which produces heat and vaporises the e-liquid). If there is a coil, it must be removable and replaceable by the vape user.

Reusable vapes can have coils that are either:

• directly removable and replaceable
• contained in a removable and replaceable pod or cartridge听

The coil (whether part of a replacement pod or tank, or not) should be separately available to buy.

If you鈥檙e not sure a vape is reusable

It is your responsibility to check the products you sell or supply are legal and meet the definition of a reusable vape.

Check the definitions of single-use and reusable vapes first. If you鈥檙e still not sure a vape is reusable, you can contact your local Trading Standards听for advice.

Providing evidence during inspections

You must assist the enforcing authority and provide any information or evidence they ask for during an inspection.

You must be able to:

• provide evidence that the product is legal and reusable, and of the steps you took to check
• demonstrate that vape users can separately buy individual refill items for the vaping items you stock (including pods or e-liquid refill bottles) 鈥� such as by providing these items in your shop or online store

You have a legal right to ask enforcement and regulatory officers for formal photographic identification (ID). This usually includes their name and the local authority and department they work for.

Regulation and enforcement: what happens if you sell single-use vapes from 1 June 2025

How the ban is enforced varies between the UK鈥檚 4 nations and is specific to where your business operates.

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Each local authority鈥檚 Trading Standards leads on enforcing the ban within their area. Contact your local Trading Standards service if you:

• suspect that someone is supplying single-use vapes
• have questions about following the ban鈥檚 rules or how it is enforced

In the first instance, Trading Standards will apply civil sanctions (non-criminal penalties). For example, a:听

• stop notice听
• compliance notice听
• fine of 拢200听

Trading Standards can seize any single-use vapes they find.

If you continue to stock, sell or supply single-use vapes (or offer to), you may be charged with:

• an unlimited fine
• a prison sentence of up to 2 years

You may also receive an additional cost recovery notice. This means you must pay the costs incurred by Trading Standards while investigating your offence, including investigative, administrative and legal costs.

Wales

Local authorities in Wales lead on enforcing the ban. Contact your local authority or Trading Standards service if you:

• suspect that someone is supplying single-use vapes
• have questions about following the ban鈥檚 rules or how it is enforced

Enforcement authorities may apply civil sanctions, such as:

• a fixed fine of 拢200 or a variable fine of more than 拢200
• an enforcement cost recovery notice听
• a non-compliance penalty
• a stop notice

Alternatively, you could be tried in a magistrates鈥� court or Crown Court.

You may be given an unlimited fine and prison sentence of up to 6 months if:

• you鈥檙e found guilty in a magistrates鈥� court of stocking, selling or supplying single-use vapes
• you fail to follow a stop notice

You may be given a prison sentence of up to 2 years and an unlimited fine if you鈥檙e found guilty in a Crown Court of one of these offences.

You may need to pay an unlimited fine if you鈥檙e found guilty in a magistrates鈥� court of:

• obstructing an enforcement officer
• failing to follow an enforcement officer鈥檚 requests

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Local authorities in Scotland lead on enforcing the ban. They report criminal cases to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, who are responsible for prosecuting offences under the regulations. Contact your local authority or Trading Standards service if you:

• suspect that someone is supplying single-use vapes
• have questions about following the ban鈥檚 rules or how it is enforced

Enforcement officers can issue a fixed penalty notice instead of criminal prosecution. The fixed penalty amount is 拢200 for a first offence. This is discounted to 拢150 if paid within 14 days.听

The fixed penalty amounts and discounts are different for people who have had enforcement action taken against them in the previous 3 years. These amounts are set out in Table 1.

Table 1: Fixed penalty amounts and discounts for different numbers of previous enforcement actions

Number of previous enforcement actions	Amount of fixed penalty (拢)	Discounted amount (拢)
One	400	350
Two	600	550
Three	800	750

A person may be reported to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service for prosecution if:

• they do not accept the offer of a fixed penalty notice
• the enforcement officer does not consider it appropriate to issue a fixed penalty notice

Maximum penalties for offences in Scotland

If you鈥檙e found guilty of stocking or supplying a single-use vape (or offering to):

• on summary conviction you鈥檒l be subject to a fine of up to level 5 (currently 拢5,000) on the standard scale听
• on conviction on indictment, you鈥檒l be subject to up to 2 years in prison or a fine, or both

If you fail to comply with an enforcement requirement without a reasonable excuse, you鈥檒l be subject on summary conviction to a fine of up to level 5 (currently 拢5,000) on the standard scale.

You鈥檒l be subject on summary conviction to a fine of up to level 3 (currently 拢1,000) on the standard scale if you:

• fail to provide your identification details to an enforcement officer
• give false or inaccurate identification details to an enforcement officer

Northern Ireland听

The enforcement mechanism is different in Northern Ireland from other parts of the UK. There are no civil sanctions for this offence and the following penalties apply.听

If you鈥檙e found guilty of stocking or supplying single-use vapes (or offering to), you may receive a fine of up to 拢5,000 on summary conviction in a magistrates鈥� court. On further conviction of this offence in a Crown Court, you may face a prison sentence of up to 2 years, a fine, or both.听

If you fail to provide information that an enforcement body asks for, you may receive a fine of up to 拢5,000 on summary conviction in a magistrates鈥� court.听

Recycling vapes鈥�

Vapes are electrical items, whether they are single-use or reuseable. This means they are covered by the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations.

If you sell vapes (are a 鈥榙istributor鈥�), you must offer a 鈥榯ake back鈥� service. This means you must accept vapes and vape parts (such as used pods, coils or batteries) that customers return for recycling.听

This includes any single-use vapes returned by customers after the ban begins on 1 June 2025.鈥�

The Office for Product Safety and Standards may take action against you if you do not have a way to safely recycle vapes and vape parts.

Unsafe storage of vapes or improper disposal is a fire risk. Vapes should be disposed of in vape bins only and regularly collected for recycling.听

What to do with leftover stock of single-use vapes

You cannot sell or supply any single-use vapes to customers from 1 June 2025. You must arrange for any leftover stock to be recycled.

If you have vape bin services, you should recycle vapes through the company they provide. You may need to pay a fee.

You put your business at risk of commercial loss and legal enforcement action if you do not responsibly recycle single-use vape stocks by 1 June 2025.

To prepare for the ban, you should:听

• stop buying new stock of single-use vapes
• sell through all existing stock
• buy vapes that follow the new regulations听

If you have any leftover single-use vapes, from 1 June 2025 you need to:听

• separate them from other goods听
• label them as unsellable
• remove them from your shop floor or online store until they are collected by a registered vape recycling service听

Other restrictions on vaping products听

Vapes on the market must also follow other relevant regulations, such as:听

• the Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Chemicals Regulations (2015)听
• the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 (TRPR)听
• waste regulations that apply to electrical equipment and batteries 鈥� this includes the Batteries and Accumulators (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2008 and related legislation听

Read guidance on these additional restrictions for:听

• vaping products
• packaging of electronic cigarettes and refill containers听

Several government agencies work together to regulate and enforce the regulations on vapes. They include:听

• Border Force听
• Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
• Office of Product Safety and Standards (OPSS)听
• Trading Standards听

Online resources听

Environment Agency guidance on how to dispose of business waste.

MHRA guidance on e-cigarette regulations.

OPSS WEEE poster to advertise that you recycle vapes, and record keeping template for operating a recycling scheme.