Mentions:
1: Victoria Atkins (Con - Louth and Horncastle) The facts include that parents worry about youth vaping and want us to take on the tobacco and vaping - Speech Link
2: Adam Afriyie (Con - Windsor) The entire vaping industry, including vaping associations and retailers, is ready to say, “We don’t want - Speech Link
3: Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) and to vaping blueberry. - Speech Link
4: Maggie Throup (Con - Erewash) Finally, on the illicit vaping market, our efforts to combat smoking and vaping must extend the legal - Speech Link
Jan. 29 2024
Source Page: Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vapingFound: Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping
Mentions:
1: Dunbar, Jackie (SNP - Aberdeen Donside) It is vital that we separate the single-use vapes from the vaping products that are used as a smoking - Speech Link
2: Mountain, Edward (Con - Highlands and Islands) I was a smoker, but I have never been attracted to vaping. How do we avoid that? - Speech Link
3: Martin, Gillian (SNP - Aberdeenshire East) However, we must recognise that, although vaping has health implications, because it involves people - Speech Link
4: Ruskell, Mark (Green - Mid Scotland and Fife) I suppose that it is a question of whether we trust the vaping industry, given where it has been and - Speech Link
5: Doris, Bob (SNP - Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn) I also note that a UK-wide vaping product duty will be implemented in 2026. - Speech Link
Asked by: Mary Glindon (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet the UK Vaping Industry Association to discuss work with the vaping industry on the Government’s smoke-free ambitions.
Answered by Andrew Gwynne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
Since September 2023, the Department has not met with the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA). However, we have received and responded to several items of correspondence.
The UKVIA, and other members of the vaping industry, did respond to the smoke-free generation and youth vaping consultation that ran from 12 October to 6 December 2023. We will also be consulting further with all interested parties before any future vaping regulations are introduced. Any meeting requests should be sent through the appropriate formal channels.
Mentions:
1: None different socioeconomic groups—are vaping. - Speech Link
2: None It is not true to say that vaping causes major lung injury when we are talking about nicotine vaping - Speech Link
3: Maguire, Ruth (SNP - Cunninghame South) That is not really a pro-vaping point, is it? - Speech Link
Asked by: Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of levels of vaping by young people.
Answered by Andrew Gwynne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Government is concerned about the worrying rise in vaping among children, as rates of youth vaping have tripled in the past four years, and 18% of children have tried a vape. All too often, vaping products are promoted in a way that appeals to children, despite the risks of nicotine addiction and the unknown harms.
To address this, the Tobacco and Vapes Bill will reduce the appeal and availability of vapes to children. The bill will stop vapes from deliberately being branded and advertised to children, including regulations on flavours, packaging, and changing how and where they are displayed in shops. The bill will be introduced to Parliament soon.
We will publish an impact assessment for the bill shortly, and we will publish further impact assessments alongside our future vaping regulations. We will also undertake an implementation review after a set period to determine the effect of these policies on youth vaping rates.
Correspondence Jun. 28 2024
Inquiry: The Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (Scotland) Regulations 2024Found: Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 Letter to the UK Vaping Industry
Asked by: Mary Glindon (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to consult with the vaping industry before the reintroduction of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill.
Answered by Andrew Gwynne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
Since September 2023, the Department has not met with the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA). However, we have received and responded to several items of correspondence.
The UKVIA, and other members of the vaping industry, did respond to the smoke-free generation and youth vaping consultation that ran from 12 October to 6 December 2023. We will also be consulting further with all interested parties before any future vaping regulations are introduced. Any meeting requests should be sent through the appropriate formal channels.
Asked by: Mary Glindon (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet with the UK Vaping Industry Association to discuss the introduction of a Vape Licensing Scheme.
Answered by Andrew Gwynne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
Since September 2023, the Department has not met with the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA). However, we have received and responded to several items of correspondence.
The UKVIA, and other members of the vaping industry, did respond to the smoke-free generation and youth vaping consultation that ran from 12 October to 6 December 2023. We will also be consulting further with all interested parties before any future vaping regulations are introduced. Any meeting requests should be sent through the appropriate formal channels.
Asked by: Mary Glindon (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the UK Vaping Industry Association since September 2023.
Answered by Andrew Gwynne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
Since September 2023, the Department has not met with the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA). However, we have received and responded to several items of correspondence.
The UKVIA, and other members of the vaping industry, did respond to the smoke-free generation and youth vaping consultation that ran from 12 October to 6 December 2023. We will also be consulting further with all interested parties before any future vaping regulations are introduced. Any meeting requests should be sent through the appropriate formal channels.