- Request
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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
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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:
2.1Inspections
(includes Test Purchases)
2020
58
2021
100
2022
162
2023
286
2024
472
2025
(To 23/10/2025)
255
2.2.None
Section 3.
3.1Illegal 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
3.2Successful 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
3.3Fine 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