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The government is now fighting itself. It has been recently reported that 400,000 vaping products—the first of one million promised by the government last year—will be handed out free of charge under the Swap to Stop campaign, while the Chancellor is taxing them on the pretext that they are harmful. | The government is now fighting itself. It has been recently reported that 400,000 vaping products—the first of one million promised by the government last year—will be handed out free of charge under the Swap to Stop campaign, while the Chancellor is taxing them on the pretext that they are harmful. | ||
NNA Chair Louise Ross, an expert on smoking cessation for nearly two decades, comments, “Putting a higher tax on stronger e-liquids completely misses the point that the more heavily dependent smokers will need stronger liquid to stay smoke-free. This will include people with poor mental health, people on benefits, people living in disadvantaged communities and those with challenging lives. Higher taxes will keep them smoking.|author=[[New Nicotine Alliance]]|source=https://mailchi.mp/nnalliance/media-release-a-tax-on-vaping-liquids|title=News email}}For information on how to respond please follow the advice of your local advocacy organisation, or the NNA email above. | NNA Chair Louise Ross, an expert on smoking cessation for nearly two decades, comments, “Putting a higher tax on stronger e-liquids completely misses the point that the more heavily dependent smokers will need stronger liquid to stay smoke-free. This will include people with poor mental health, people on benefits, people living in disadvantaged communities and those with challenging lives. Higher taxes will keep them smoking.|author=[[New Nicotine Alliance]]|source=https://mailchi.mp/nnalliance/media-release-a-tax-on-vaping-liquids see also https://nnalliance.org/blog/395-the-chancellors-vape-tax-is-wrong-in-principle-and-childlike-in-application|title=News email}}For information on how to respond please follow the advice of your local advocacy organisation, or the NNA email above. | ||
*Please see this news item for information on how to respond: [[Tobacco Harm Reduction News#UK Vaping Products Duty Public Consultation Launched|Tobacco Harm Reduction News: UK Vaping tax and how to respond]] | *Please see this news item for information on how to respond: [[Tobacco Harm Reduction News#UK Vaping Products Duty Public Consultation Launched|Tobacco Harm Reduction News: UK Vaping tax and how to respond]] | ||
*You can learn more about taxing vapor products [[ENDS Taxes|here]]. | *You can learn more about taxing vapor products [[ENDS Taxes|here]]. | ||
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