Jeremy Hunt plans to tax vaping products and raise tobacco duty

Jeremy Hunt also reiterated the government’s intention to ban disposable vapes ‘as soon as possible’. Photograph: Jacob King/PA

Jeremy Hunt has announced plans for a tax on vaping products, along with increases in tobacco duty.

Unveiling his decision to make the nicotine liquids used in electronic vapes subject to excise duties for the first time in his UK budget speech, Hunt said tobacco duty would also increase to ensure it remains more expensive than vaping.