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Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026

The bill has been signed off by the King and is now law.

In plain words

This law aims to stop anyone born on or after 1 January 2009 from ever smoking tobacco. It also bans advertising and sponsorship of vapes, and selling vapes to under-18s.

Summary drafted by AI, checked by Jonathan on 4 Oct 2026. Source: Parliament Library briefing.

Official title: Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026

  1. 1Introduced1st reading
  2. 2Main debate2nd reading
  3. 3Detailed checksCommittee
  4. 4ChangesReport stage
  5. 5Final vote3rd reading
  6. 6Other houseLords or Commons
  7. 7Becomes lawRoyal Assent

Nothing more. This bill is now law.

Put forward by Wes Streeting, Baroness Merron.

Votes so far

No Commons votes on this bill in the last 12 months.

Votes in the Lords

DateVoteCountResult
24 Feb 2026Lords vote 178 content, 246 not contentRejected
Full timeline
DateStageHouse
5 Nov 20241st readingCommons
26 Nov 20242nd readingCommons
26 Nov 2024Programme motionCommons
26 Nov 2024Money resolutionCommons
26 Nov 2024Ways and Means resolutionCommons
7 Jan 2025, 9 Jan 2025, 14 Jan 2025Committee stageCommons
26 Mar 2025Report stageCommons
26 Mar 20253rd readingCommons
27 Mar 20251st readingLords
23 Apr 20252nd readingLords
27 Oct 2025, 30 Oct 2025, 3 Nov 2025Committee stageLords
24 Feb 2026, 3 Mar 2026Report stageLords
9 Mar 20263rd readingLords
23 Mar 2026Programme motionCommons
23 Mar 2026Consideration of Lords amendmentsCommons
20 Apr 2026Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasonsLords
29 Apr 2026Royal AssentUnassigned

In the bill’s own words: A Bill to make provision about the supply of tobacco, vapes and other products, including provision prohibiting the sale of tobacco to people born on or after 1 January 2009 and provision about the licensing of retail sales and the registration of retailers; to enable product and information requirements to be imposed in connection with tobacco, vapes and other products; to control the advertising and promotion of tobacco, vapes and other products; and to make provision about smoke-free places, vape-free places and heated tobacco-free places.

Official page on Parliament’s site

Source: Parliament Bills API · Commons votes from the Commons Votes API.