Prohibition of the sale and supply of single-use vapes: Island Communities Impact Screening Assessment

Aim of the policy proposal

13. The Scottish Government seeks to make regulations to ban the sale and supply of single-use vapes.

14. The policy objectives of the intervention are to:

• Accelerate a reduction in environmental harm by reducing the number of vapes being landfilled, incinerated, and littered, and increasing recycling and reuse rates by requiring consumers to move to reusable alternatives.
• Stimulate businesses and consumers to replace single-use vapes with reusable alternatives, thereby supporting a switch to less environmentally harmful products.