Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure different regulatory regimes for heated tobacco devices and other new tobacco-based products, electronic vaping products and other proven reduced risk alternatives that do not contain tobacco.

The Government introduced the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 in April this year. These Regulations strengthen the regulation of tobacco products in relation to their manufacture, production and presentation and include a new regulatory framework for electronic cigarettes and herbal products for smoking.

The Government will consult on the duty treatment of heated tobacco products later in 2016.