Vaping Products Duty Will Hit UK Vapers October 1
September 14, 2026 by versedvaper.com
Vaping Products Duty Will Hit UK Vapers October 1
The UK vaping duty risks weakening one of the clearest incentives for smokers to switch. Price signals matter: legal vapes need to remain more attractive than cigarettes and safer than the illicit market. A tax designed to raise revenue can still create public health costs when it makes lower-risk products harder to afford. Tobacco policy should discourage smoking without punishing the people who have already moved away from combustion.
11.80% of the adult population are current smokers. There are approximately 6.7 million current smokers in United Kingdom 13.60% of men are current smokers but only 10.10% of women.
SOURCE: GSTHR
