FOI/202500494084 · FOI · unclear
Registered vape retailers statistics: FOI release
Information requested
You asked for a breakdown of the total number of retailers per year from when the Register of Tobacco and Nicotine Vapour Product Retailers began (from 2017 to the most recent year available register for each year. If available, for each of these years, to also provide the number of retailers registered to sell:
(a) nicotine vapour products only (b) tobacco products only (c) both
Response
Whilst you have not stated the period of the year that this request covers, our aim is to provide information whenever possible. We have therefore included a snapshot below as of 1st October each year 2022 - 2025 where information is available.
The Scottish Government doesn’t hold information from 2017-2021 as a snapshot was not taken for those years. The reasons why are explained in the Annex to this letter
Year Nicotine Vapour Products Tobacco Products Selling Both Products 2022 1,479 4,368 5,275 2023 1,726 3,998 5,857 2024 1,826 3,685 6,085 2025 1,716 3,300 6,397
Should you wish, you may also find it helpful to contact local authorities in Scotland who have responsibility for enforcement of legislation around the sale of these products for full year information whereby it is not held by the Scottish Government.
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Contact Please quote the FOI reference Central Correspondence Unit Email: contactus@gov.scot Phone: 0300 244 4000 The Scottish Government St Andrew's House Regent Road Edinburgh EH1 3DG
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