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<p>The health advice on vaping is clear, if you don’t smoke, don’t vape, and children
should never vape. However, youth vaping has tripled in the last three years, and
one in five children have now used a vape.</p><p>The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will crack
down on youth vaping by providing powers to regulate flavours, displays, and packaging
for vapes and nicotine pouches. It will ban free vape samples being given to children,
and introduce an age of sale for non-nicotine vapes.</p><p>In doing this, we must
strike the right balance between reducing the appeal of vapes to children while ensuring
vapes remain attractive and available to adult smokers as a quit aid. This will be
carefully considered in the development of any specific restrictions, and further
consultation will take place before introducing any regulations. As stated in Parliament
during the second reading of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, we intend to hold the consultation
on the regulations before the end of this Parliament, if practicable. We will also
undertake an impact assessment to consider the potential impact of these regulations
on smokers as well as other groups.</p>
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