Vapers ‘Blindsided’ by Potential 264% Price Hike as New Vape Duty Looms

Vapers unprepared for potential 264% price hike

More than half of adult vapers are unaware of the vape duty taking effect from Thursday (1 October) and around half fear they will return to smoking or turn to the black market as a result, according to new research from the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA). The survey of almost 3,500 adults, who vape […]

Vapers say new tax will push them back to smoking

The Vaping Products Duty, which will add £2.20 to every vape refill when it comes into force on October 1, is likely to result in vapers taking smoking back up again, a survey has found.

UK vapers 'blindsided' by new duty charges

The UKVIA has found that half of UK vapers have no knowledge about the incoming Vaping Products Duty which comes into effect on 1 October.

Vapers ‘blindsided’ by potential 264% price hike as new vape duty looms

Ambitions for a smoke-free Britain could ‘go up in smoke’ as around half of adult vapers fear they will return to smoking or turn to the black market once the Vaping Products Duty (VPD) comes into effectThe majority of adult vapers were unaware that the cost of their vaping products is set to rise when the Government’s new VPD comes into force this week, new research from the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA) has revealed.A survey of almost…

Vapers in the dark over price hikes as vape tax hits

Most vapers are unaware that the cost of their vaping products is set to rise sharply when the government’s new vape products duty comes into force this