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According to the British Guardian, British Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt is expected to announce a “Vape product tax” on E-liquid manufacturers and importers when he announces the government budget on March 6. Products with higher nicotine content The higher the tax will be levied.

At the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), we have kicked off 2024 productively, making multiple decisions on premarket applications, issuing warning letters and civil penalties for the sale of unauthorized vapes, and announcing continued tobacco and the Population Assessment of Health (PATH) study. As we continue to focus on the year ahead, it is also important to acknowledge the many accomplishments of CTP in 2023.

On February 23, the Scottish Government announced the relevant regulations for the Disposable Vapes ban and launched a two-week brief consultation on plans to implement the ban. The government has stated that the ban on Disposable Vapes will come into effect across the UK on April 1, 2025.

Independent retailers have warned that banning single-use vapes in the UK would not help people quit smoking and would instead encourage an illegal market.

On January 29, 2024, the British Prime Minister announced that the UK would ban disposable Vape. This move is aimed at solving the rising number of teenagers smoking Vape and protecting the health of children.

According to the latest data released by the General Administration of Customs of China, China’s total Vape exports in 2023 were US$11.084 billion (approximately 79.5 billion yuan), an increase of 12.50% compared to 2022. Among them, China’s Vape exports to the United States were US$3.101 billion, accounting for 27.98%. The United States is still China’s largest Vape export market, followed by the United Kingdom and Germany.