Vaping Products Seized

Request

Please provide the following information separately for each calendar year from 2020 to 2025 (up to latest available data), unless requested otherwise.



Section 1. Number of illegal products seized, in the below categories:

1.1. How many units of the following products were seized in total?

1.2. Any e-cigarettes/vaping devices/e-liquid products

1.3. Single-use disposable vaping devices (post-1st June, 2025)

1.4. Cigarette or hand-rolling tobacco packs

1.5. Tobacco-free nicotine pouches



Section 2. Information on enforcement:

2.1 . How many Trading Standards inspections of premises selling vaping devices, cigarettes and tobacco, or nicotine pouch products have taken place?

2.2. How many reports of tobacco-free nicotine pouches being sold to persons under the age of 18 have you received?



Section 3. For the below questions, we request the individual data for a) Illegal vaping devices, b) Illegal single-use disposable vaping devices (post-1st June, 2025), and c) Illegal cigarette/hand-rolling tobacco products:



3.1 The number of identified cases of illegal products being in possession of, stocked, or sold by businesses or individuals

3.2 How many (count of) fines or penalties have been issued for being in possession of, stocking, or selling the illegal products?

3.3 What was the total value in £ pound sterling of fines issued by your local authority for illegal vapes?

Decision

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you. 

 

 

 

1.1-1.5

Please see below

 

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

(To 23/10/2025)

E-cigarettes*

0

0

5,062

12,015

16,826

4,313

E-liquids

0

0

0

80

0

0

Single Use Vapes from 01/06/2025

0

0

0

0

0

415

Cigarettes (individual sticks)

230,438

70,950

257,129

266,513

670,236

769,784

Hand Rolling Tobacco (grammes)

36,700

24,450

46,210

39,890

371,600

317,660

Nicotine Pouches

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

* excludes Single Use Vapes from 01/06/2025

 

Section 2. Information on enforcement:


2.1

 

Inspections

(includes Test Purchases)

2020

58

2021

100

2022

162

2023

286

2024

472

2025

(To 23/10/2025)

255

 

 

 

2.2.None

Section 3.


3.1

 

 

Illegal Vapes

Single Use Vapes

(June 2025 onwards)

Cigarettes and Tobacco

2020

0

NA

29 seizures from 18 premises

2021

0

NA

24 seizures from 17 premises

2022

15 seizures from 15 premises

NA

45 seizures from 29 premises

2023

34 seizures from 27 premises

NA

32 seizures from 24 premises

2024

63 seizures from 51 premises

NA

59 seizures from 46 premises

2025

(To 23/10/2025)

22 seizures from 18 premises

6 seizures from 6 premises

52 seizures from 31 premises

 


3.2

 

 

Successful Prosecution Completed – Count of defendants

Closure Orders

Single Use Vapes (June 2025 onwards) Fixed Penalty Notice

2020

6

1 closure issued to 1 premise

0

2021

6

2 closures issued to 2 premises

0

2022

8

12 closures issued to 9 premises

0

2023

16 (Plus 2 Cautions)

23 closures issued to 21 premises

0

2024

17

70 closures issued to 58 premises

0

2025

(To 23/10/2025)

6

25 closures issued to 22 premises

3

 

 


3.3

 

 

Fine as a Result of Successful Prosecution Completed

Single Use Vapes (June 2025 onwards) Fixed Penalty Notice

2020

£1119

0

2021

£934

0

2022

£1666

0

2023

£3440

0

2024

£4774

0

2025

(To 23/10/2025)

£200

£600 (reduced to £300 if paid within 28 days)

 
Reference number
13990181
Date request received
3 October 2025
Date of decision
30 October 2025