Question follow-through · 76018
Electronic Cigarettes: Public Houses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 August 2025 to Question 68411 on Electronic Cigarettes: Bus Stops, for what reason he has considered banning vaping inside pubs.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 9 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 16 Sept 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Innovation: Beer and Public Houses · 27 Oct 2025
- Electronic Cigarettes and Smoking · 27 Oct 2025
- Low Alcohol Drinks: Children · 18 Nov 2025
- Alan Milburn · 18 Nov 2025
- Low Alcohol Drinks: Children · 18 Nov 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
9 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 August 2025 to Question 68411 on Electronic Cigarettes: Bus Stops, for what reason he has considered banning vaping inside pubs.
11 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Sept 2025
Answer published
Whilst vapes are less harmful than smoking and can be an effective quit aid for adult smokers, they are not harm-free and the long-term health impacts of vaping are unknown. Vapes release an aerosol that exposes people to nicotine and potential toxicants,...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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