Question follow-through · 63747

Electronic Cigarettes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take legislative steps to ensure vapes have a minimum number of refill options to be defined as reusable.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
30 Jun 2025
Target answer date
2 Jul 2025
Answer
8 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take legislative steps to ensure vapes have a minimum number of refill options to be defined as reusable.

  2. 2 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs introduced a ban on single use vapes on 1 June, which ensures that all products must be designed and intended to be reused. To be refillable, a product should have a replaceable pod or a tank that a us...

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