Equity considerations for the UK Vaping Products Duty

The UK Vaping Duty will raise the price of e-liquids, with the main aim of discouraging e-cigarette use among non-smokers, particularly young people. However, there is still a lot we don’t know: How responsive will young people be to price increases? To what extent will higher prices discourage adults who smoke from switching to vaping? What are the implications of the duty for health inequalities? Could the vaping duty increase misperceptions about the harms of vaping? Could the vape duty be configured differently to reduce unintended consequences? This talk will explore what we do, and what we don’t know, about the likely impact of the vaping duty, setting an agenda for future research.