Published 2024-08-29
Stop the UK Vape Flavour Ban - Sign the Petition Now
The UK has over 5 million vapers, a majority of them former smokers. Promoting vaping instead of the deadly smoking has made the UK one of Europe's most successful countries in helping people to quit. A success story now threatened by a recent proposal from the British Medical Association (BMA).
What do vapers want?
- No ban on vape flavours
- No ban on online sales
- Continued support for harm reduction and quitting smoking in the UK
Do you agree? Sign the petition now!
What has happened?
The British Medical Association has called on the UK government to severely restrict adult smokers’ access to vapes. They have called for bans on non-tobacco flavoured vapes, online sales, and displays in retail outlets, in addition to restrictions on marketing and advertising.
The issues
No Ban on Flavours
Adults like flavours and adult vapers are no different. Fruit and dessert flavours are the most popular and most vapers quit smoking using a flavoured vape. Flavours are clearly not just nice to have, they are central to quitting cigarettes and staying quit!
Flavoured vapes taste nothing like a cigarette - nor would we want them to.
Why would we want to be reminded of smoking, the very thing we are trying to get away from.
Flavoured vapes taste nothing like a cigarette - nor would we want them to.
Why would we want to be reminded of smoking, the very thing we are trying to get away from.
No Ban on Online Sales
One of the most important things when quitting smoking is getting the product that works for you and getting it at the right price. Online sales provide access to a much wider range of products than any local bricks and mortar vape shop could.
It is possible to compare prices and get the best deals, which is very important during this cost-of-living crisis.
The issue of young people purchasing products online could solved by making online age-verification systems compulsory for all online-vendors.
Continued support for quitting smoking in the UK
The UK government has always been supportive of smokers wanting to quit, which is why last year it launched a swap-to-stop project to provide smokers with free vape products to help them do just that.
We don’t want to see this support undermined by a group – the BMA – that appears to be attacking smokers.
Instead, focus should be put on the unscrupulous vendors who have no problem selling products to young people who shouldn’t have them in the first place. The only losers with the BMA proposals will be the smokers.
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