Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the independent review entitled the Khan review: making smoking obsolete, published in June 2022, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of that report's recommendations on restricting the use of youth-appealing (a) packaging and (b) flavour naming for e-cigarettes.

We are considering the recommendations made by the Khan Review, including measures to protect children and young people from starting vaping and how vaping can be promoted as an effective tool to help people quit smoking tobacco. We are assessing a range of options, including the potential benefits of banning cartoon characters, images and flavour names which might be appealing to children.

In response to the Review, we will publish a new Tobacco Control Plan in due course, including any potential funding proposals related to vaping.