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 UK Disposable Vape Ban 2024 Joint statement calling for the ban of single use e cigarettes in the European Union, UK and EEA Recyclingportal The UK passes lifelong ban on buying tobacco and vapes for everyone born after 2008. The law, meant to create a smoke free generation, will come into effect in 2027