2025-03-23
The UK Tobacco and Vapes Bill (2023/4): framing strategies used by tobacco and nicotine industry actors faced with an endgame policy (a generational sales ban of tobacco products) and nicotine product restrictions
2025-03-23 • Britta Matthes, Tess Legg, Rosemary Hiscock, Allen Gallagher, Karin Silver, Hala Alaouié, Duncan C. Thomas, Anna Gilmore
Background In 2023, the UK government proposed a Bill introducing a generational ban on the sale of tobacco products and measures targeting youth nicotine product (NP) use. Industries’ responses remain unexplored. Methods We analysed 43 consultation and evidence submissions from tobacco and nicotine industry-linked actors, assessing their connections to transnational tobacco companies (TTCs) and using an evidence-based taxonomy to examine framing strategies. Results TTCs and actors with known current TTC links acc…