The number of vapers in the UK is increasing, with vaping set to become more common than smoking by the mid-2020s. However, there are concerns that a government consultation may lead to a regulatory clampdown on the industry.
Even after Britain’s ban on indoor smoking came into force in 2007, the smell of cigarette smoke was never far away. It wafted across pub gardens and lingered outside workplaces. Today you are almost as likely to inhale the scent of blue razz lemonade or the “refreshing, mellow tones” of watermelon. Almost one in ten Britons is now a regular or occasional user of electronic cigarettes . On current trends (see chart) vaping is set to become more common than smoking by the mid-2020s.
But many in the industry fear that a government consultation, due to conclude in December, will be followed by a regulatory clampdown. Catering to Britain’s 4.7m vapers is increasingly big business. A report for the industry, carried out by the Centre for Business and Economic Research, a think-tank, put the industry’s turnover at £2.8bn ($3.4bn) in 2021 and calculated that it supported almost 18,000 jobs. The number of vapers has risen by almost a third since. The country now has almost 3,500 specialist vape shops, according to the Local Data Company, a research fir
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