Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2024 - related documents
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Information relating to the Tobacco and Vapes Bill which was
introduced in the House of Commons on 20 March 2024.
From: Department of Health and Social Care Published 20
March 2024 Contents Bill factsheets Impact assessment Background
documents Smoking damages and cuts lives short in extraordinary
numbers - 80,000 people die every year in the UK due to tobacco. No
other consumer product kills up to two-thirds of its...Request free trial
Information relating to the Tobacco and Vapes Bill which was introduced in the House of Commons on 20 March 2024. From: Department of Health and Social Care Published 20 March 2024 ContentsSmoking damages and cuts lives short in extraordinary numbers - 80,000 people die every year in the UK due to tobacco. No other consumer product kills up to two-thirds of its long-term users. It is a major cause of ill health (including cancer, stroke, heart failure) and disability. Smoking increases multimorbidity (many diseases at once) and can cause particularly complex disease states, requiring multiple hospital and GP visits. Non-smokers are exposed to second-hand smoke (passive smoking) which means that through no choice of their own many come to harm - in particular children, pregnant women and their babies. Those who wish to quit often struggle, due to their addiction to nicotine. Over 80% of smokers start before they turn 20, most as children. Vapes are substantially less harmful than smoking because they do not contain tobacco, and therefore can be an effective tool in supporting smoking cessation. However, the number of children using vapes has tripled in the past 3 years and a staggering 20.5% of children had tried vaping in March to April 2023. Due to nicotine content and the unknown long-term harms, vaping carries risk of harm and addiction for children. The health advice is clear: young people and those who have never smoked should not vape. We have a duty to protect our children and young people from the potential harms associated with underage vaping, while their lungs and brains are still developing. We want to stop the start of addiction and this is why the government is bringing forward legislation to create the first ever smokefree generation. The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will: 1. Create the first ever smokefree generation by:
2. Reduce the appeal and availability of vaping products by:
3. Strengthen enforcement of underage sales of tobacco and vapes by:
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill in Parliament. Bill factsheets
Impact assessment
Background documents
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