The Scottish Government has released a new consultation to collect responses ahead of their upcoming legislation to restrict the advertisement and promotion of vaping products.
According to www.gov.scot, while current evidence indicates that vaping products are less harmful than smoking tobacco, early indications from studies have shown a potential link between e-cigarettes containing nicotine and the development of lung diseases.
Due to the link to lung diseases, the Scottish government are considering tightening the rules on the promotion of vape products to ensure they are only used as an aid to stop smoking.
Restricting the advertising and promotion of vape products, and reducing their visibility is one way to ensure young people and adult non-smokers are protected from the uptake of these products, while the long-term health implications remain uncertain.
The consultation seeks views on several restrictions on the advertising and promotion of vaping products which are aimed at reducing the visibility of them to children, young people and adult non-smokers. The government proposes to restrict:
- Advertising of vape products on billboards, buses, through distributing leaflets and flyers
- Distributing free or cut-price samples
- Sponsoring an activity, event, or person
The NFRN will be responding to the Scottish Government’s consultation on vaping and we want to know your views on how this may affect your business! To respond, please complete this quick and easy survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ScotVapeConsultation
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