Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping: what you need to know Department of Health and Social Care Media Centre Campaign launched cracking down on illicit vapes ahead of disposables ban Crimestoppers In an effort to both protect the environment and curb the use of vapes by young people, the UK announced new legislation that would ban single use, disposable vapes starting in June 2025. Is this the end of legal smoking for future Brits? As the Tobacco and Vapes Bill clears U.K. Parliament, new rules would ban anyone born after 2008 from buying tobacco Vaping Toolkit Highland Substance Awareness Toolkit The landmark Tobacco and Vapes Act is now law. Today's children will never legally be sold cigarettes. We're creating the UK's first smoke free generation and protecting children from the harms of smoking