2025 Vaping Ban: How Nicotine Pouches will Fill the Gap
Much discussion has been about the vaping ban confirmed in parliament for June 1, 2025. Disposable vapes have been part of our society for many years. However, the impact on the environment and the marketing attracting younger customers have triggered a ban. Naturally, disposable vape customers are seeking new options to continue consuming nicotine. The vaping market has been integral to so many to quit smoking traditional cigarettes. New products will aim to fill the void left by a ban on disposable vapes, and nicotine pouches are perfectly positioned to do so.
The Vaping Ban: Brand Killer in 2025
Some brands have made substantial commercial impacts in the UK since disposable vapes shot to notoriety. Unfortunately, what comes up must also come down. So, the infamous Elf Bar will be among the hardest hit brands by the disposable vape ban in 2025. Elf Bar has been at the centre of counterfeiting in the cash market, as facilitated by UK corner stores. Perhaps the counterfeiting of popular disposable vapes that alerted safety concerns was one of the reasons to move to a universal ban. It stands to reason that cheap disposable vapes mimicking popular brands should trigger such decisive action by parliament.
Lost Mary and IVG are two brands that will be largely affected in the UK market. The 40,000+ convenience stores in the UK will seek to promote vaping alternatives on the shelves that once adorned these bright, colourful products. The debate as to whether this ban is a positive move or not continues to rage on social media and forums. The consensus among the younger generation is it is a catastrophic decision. Conversely, older generations welcome the ban. For us snus nicotine pouch users, it is another day in the office as we continue to hit our nicotine pain-free and lungs clear!
Vape vs Nicotine Pouches
As someone who has used both vapes and nicotine pouches through the years, I have my two pence to add. On the vaping ban, my position is: Who cares? As much as vapes may well be harmful to your health and cause complications with the lungs – so can overeating. Yet, I fail to see Parliament shutting Mcdonalds in less-than-average socioeconomic areas. The McCrispy only contains 50% meat, but it seems to be allowed somehow. Double standards in our government never cease to amaze me, but to dissect their reasoning is beyond my pay grade! We should be able to choose our poison, if you can call it that, and closing markets only ensures black market sales and the price of consumer products, too. It would be naive to think that banning these products will close the market down. The market will just migrate it to darker channels and less regulative.
Nicotine pouches, on the other hand, have yet to be addressed by the UK government. These products went through a considerable boom in 2024 and hit the shelves of convenience stores and supermarket chains. Will they become as popular as vapes, especially once the ban hits? I believe so. The pouches allow consumers to use nicotine discreetly and personally. One of my pain points of using vapes was finding a place to blow my clouds of vapor out into the world without choking someone else. With nicotine pouches, I have been able to obtain similar nicotine kicks without this issue. As much as it can be pretty cool to cast mounds of cherry-flavoured smoke clouds into the sky, it is not without unwanted attention sometimes.
What does the Vape Ban mean for you?
If you are a hardcore vaper, then you may find yourself opting for the coil-based vape machines that look like handheld hoovers. If you are a little smarter and you are not willing to walk in the street holding an all-in-one shisha machine, you may opt for nicotine pouches. The long-term effects of vaping are at the centre of various discussions among professionals. The US has villainized vaping and attributed various health complications to it. However, conclusive evidence is often seen as global propaganda because most of these products are manufactured in the East.
One thing is for certain: There are viable alternatives to vaping already on shelves and in online stores like Snusboys, which could be a positive move. Nicotine pouches have various levels of strength that can satisfy even the most demanding disposable vape users. The myriad of flavours available in disposable vapes are also matched. For the most part the variety in flavours has already been surpassed. There is little to no evidence outlining any health risks in nicotine pouches; only hypothesis. As a long-time nicotine pouch user myself, my observation of negative factors goes as far as watching out for shitty products. Cheap knock-offs trying to enter the UK market in a rush due to the rise in 2024 are poor both in taste and strength.
The vaping ban will cause frequent users to shift to alternatives and look for vaping substitutes. If you are going to try and use nicotine pouches, then make your experience at least comparable. Try popular brands that have refined their craft.
Top 3 Vape Ban Alternatives to Try
Before I ponder the differences in nicotine pouches and how important things like flavour, composition, and strength are, let me backtrack. I know that explaining the nuances to someone with no grounding in the fundamentals is like explaining Pythagoras to me—it means nothing. So, I’ll just throw it out there. These are my favourite brands, and they have some of the best flavours and most accurate strengths. The pouches also feel good on the gum.
CUBA
Pablo
Killa
