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The Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) Regulations 2024

09 October 2024
Amends/Commences: New entry

Comes into force: 1st of June 2025

Jurisdiction: Scotland

The sale and supply of single-use vapes* is prohibited in Scotland from 1st June 2025, addressing the environmental impact caused by disposable vapes being discarded.

It has also been announced that from the 1st of June the sale of single use disposable vapes will be banned in England and Wales too.

*Single-use vapes include any non-medical device used to vaporise substances, other than tobacco, which is not refillable or rechargeable.

Local authorities are given powers and responsibility for enforcing compliance. Those who sell or supply single-use vapes illegally may be fined or imprisoned.

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