Draft Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (Scotland) Regulations 2024
Overview
We are proposing to introduce a prohibition on the sale and supply of single-use vapes in Scotland.
We have previously gathered views on our approach to this legislation through the consultation on Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping which ran from Oct-Dec 2023. The government response to this consultation can be found online.
The next stage of the process is to make the draft regulations available for public comment. We would therefore like to invite comments from stakeholders and the general public on the draft Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (Scotland) Regulations 2024.
The regulations will be open for public comment from 9:30am on 23 February 2024, until 8th March 2024.
Read the draft regulations.
Scottish Government consultation process
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Comments and complaints
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Next steps in the process
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Useful information about responding to this consultation
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