Member

HMRC and Border Force’s joint illicit tobacco strategy sets out their continued commitment to reduce the trade in and demand for illicit tobacco, and to tackle and disrupt the organised crime groups behind the trade. The strategy is supported by over £100 million of new funding over five years to boost enforcement capability across the UK. As I have already mentioned, HMRC intends to build on the success of the illicit tobacco strategy to establish an illicit vaping strategy once programmes such as the vaping products duty and the vaping duty stamps scheme are in place.