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.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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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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  1. 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.

  2. 11 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 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,...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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