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Here you will find the latest news and links to news about all nicotine products, regulations, etc. | Here you will find the latest news and links to news about all nicotine products, regulations, etc. | ||
== UK Vape TAX | == UK Vape TAX == | ||
=== LONDON, March 6, 2024: The Chancellor has today approved a tax on vaping liquids which is ill-thought-out and will cost thousands of lives. === | === LONDON, March 6, 2024: The Chancellor has today approved a tax on vaping liquids which is ill-thought-out and will cost thousands of lives. === | ||
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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. | 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}} | 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. | ||
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