The UK and devolved governments have confirmed that single use vapes will be banned from 1 June 2025.

The UK government has laid legislation to introduce the ban and, subject to parliamentary approval, businesses will have until 1 June 2025 to sell any remaining stock they hold and prepare for the ban coming into force.

The UK government and devolved administrations have been working together and are aligning the dates on which their respective bans come into force.  The Welsh government announced this week that The Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (Wales) Regulations 2024 would be laid.

The Scottish government had laid draft regulations which foresaw a date of 1 April 2025 for them to come into force in Scotland. However, the Times has reported that Scottish health secretary Neil Gray announced that the Scottish government would now lay further regulations to amend the date to be in line with England and Wales.

Likewise, the Northern Irish administration had intended to bring in a ban on 1 April but has now laid legislation with a new date of 1 June.

The UK government says that it will also introduce the Tobacco and Vapes Bill before Christmas, which aims to end smoking by banning the sale of cigarettes to anyone born after January 2009.