{"id":3910,"date":"2024-11-07T15:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T15:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/?page_id=3910"},"modified":"2026-06-29T11:57:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T11:57:45","slug":"tobacco-and-vapes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/tobacco-and-vapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Tobacco and Vapes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 56%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">At present, there is no need for a licence to sell tobacco or vapes in the UK, but that is about to change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"206\" src=\"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/licence-application.png\" alt=\"licence application\" class=\"wp-image-1389 size-full\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/licence-application.png 320w, http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/licence-application-300x193.png 300w, http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/licence-application-250x160.png 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\">The government is introducing a new scheme which will require licenses to be obtained for premises where tobacco or vapes are sold, as well as licences for those who are involved in the selling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">There will be other legislation to follow which will set out some of the finer detail, but the proposals at the moment include;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A potential limit to the number of licences in particular areas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A ban on licences being issued for specific area, such as near schools.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The ability to remove licences if there are problems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The cost of a licence and how long it lasts for will be variable and some of this may be decided at a local level by the Council for the area.  The Tradings Standards teams will almost certainly have a role to play and it is intended that they must at least every year decide what their programme of enforcement, if any, will be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is planned to be a complete ban on tobacco advertising &#8211; other than within specialist retail shops &#8211; and a range of offences ranging from selling tobacco to anyone who was born after 1 January 2009, or buying it for them, through to designing or publishing advertising material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We are currently preparing for the new licensing scheme and taking expressions of interest from  clients who would like to engage us to assist in making applications when it comes into force. For more information, please <a href=\"mailto:enquiries@licensinglawyers.co.uk\">contact us<\/a>.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>You can read the various documents related to the legislation here :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-rss\"><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/2026\/18\/contents\/enacted'>Publication: Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026\u00a0(c. 18)<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/lordsbusiness.parliament.uk\/ItemOfBusiness?itemOfBusinessId=170669&#038;sectionId=40&#038;businessPaperDate=2026-04-29'>Publication: Minutes of Proceedings<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/hansard.parliament.uk\/lords\/2026-04-29\/debates\/CAF1A240-E4E0-4013-BD82-B7EEA049BE78\/RoyalAssent'>Publication: Lords Hansard<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/bills.parliament.uk\/bills\/3879'>Sitting: Royal Assent &#8211; Wednesday, 29 April 2026<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/lordsbusiness.parliament.uk\/ItemOfBusiness?itemOfBusinessId=170038&#038;sectionId=40&#038;businessPaperDate=2026-04-20'>Publication: Minutes of Proceedings<\/a><\/div><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Please fill out the form below if you would like us to assist you with licensing when the scheme goes live.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<style id=\"wpforms-css-vars-4129-block-b92b9e25-4ebe-40ab-9703-a565f5871998\">\n\t\t\t\t#wpforms-4129.wpforms-block-b92b9e25-4ebe-40ab-9703-a565f5871998 {\n\t\t\t\t--wpforms-label-color: #ffffff;\n--wpforms-label-sublabel-color: #7f7f7f;\n--wpforms-label-error-color: #ff0000;\n--wpforms-page-break-color: 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There will be other legislation to follow which will set out some of the finer detail, but the proposals at the moment include; The cost of a licence and how long it lasts for will be variable and some of this may be decided at a local level by the Council for the area. The Tradings Standards teams will almost certainly have a role to play and it is intended that they must at least every year decide what their programme of enforcement, if any, will be. There is planned to be a complete ban on tobacco advertising &#8211; other than within specialist retail shops &#8211; and a range of offences ranging from selling tobacco to anyone who was born after 1 January 2009, or buying it for them, through to designing or publishing advertising material. We are currently preparing for the new licensing scheme and taking expressions of interest from clients who would like to engage us to assist in making applications when it comes into force. For more information, please contact us. You can read the various documents related to the legislation here : Please fill out the form below if you would like us to assist you with licensing when the scheme goes live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3910","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3910"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4196,"href":"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3910\/revisions\/4196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.licensinglawyers.co.uk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}