{"id":3817,"date":"2023-02-28T04:52:27","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T09:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/?p=3817"},"modified":"2023-03-16T04:57:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T08:57:18","slug":"taxing-times-for-uk-vapers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/en_gb\/taxing-times-for-uk-vapers\/","title":{"rendered":"Taxing Times for UK Vapers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Despite the current cost of living crisis and the need to encourage smokers to switch to vaping, the UK Government is considering thrusting a new tax onto vape products, according to sources inside the House of Commons. The World Vapers\u2019 Alliance believes that such a move risks pushing vapers back to smoking.<\/h4>\n<p>The 10-Minute Bill presented to Parliament recently looks to completely ban the sale of disposable vape products (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetofthevapes.co.uk\/news\/politics-campaigns\/2023-02-14_uk-disposables-ban-one-step-closer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">see POTV article<\/a>). This move is reported to not reflect the current Government\u2019s position and it will not be adopting it as policy, but this doesn\u2019t mean it couldn\u2019t be successful given the support of two ex-Health Secretaries.<\/p>\n<p>The Government is giving serious consideration to a vape tax, along with moves to increase regulation on the packaging of e-cig products, what constitutes permissible marketing, and the potential to prohibit certain flavours.<\/p>\n<p>The World Vapers\u2019 Alliance says: \u201c<i>The UK has been recognised as a smoking-cessation champion \u2013 smoking rates have fallen by more than 29% in the last decade since vaping became widely popular. Compared to the EU, smoking rates in the UK have fallen twice as fast. Just this month, the UK was crowned as one of the tobacco harm reduction champions<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michael Landl, Director of the World Vapers\u2019 Alliance, continued: \u201c<i>The United Kingdom proves that lower smoking rates can be achieved with an open approach toward alternative nicotine products such as vaping. The high adoption of vaping due to broad political backing is why smoking rates decrease faster than in other countries. Vaping is not the problem. Knee-jerk reactions endanger all anti-smoking progress seen over the last years<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The World Vapers\u2019 Alliance believes that one of the stated reasons for the move to legislate against vaping is the uptick in UK teen use. The organisation points out that increased prices and a potential flavour ban are missing the target.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read the full text <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetofthevapes.co.uk\/news\/vaping-news\/2023-02-27_taxing-times-for-uk-vapers.html\">here<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the current cost of living crisis and the need to encourage smokers to switch to vaping, the UK Government is considering thrusting a new tax onto vape products, according to sources inside the House of Commons. The World Vapers\u2019 Alliance believes that such a move risks pushing vapers back to smoking. 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