An excise tax on cheap e-cigarettes in Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's budget next month will make them less affordable and deter children from buying them, the charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) says . The cheapest e-cigarettes can be had for less than £5.

The charity said a £4 levy would make disposable e-cigarettes the same price as the cheapest reusables, but still cheaper than more harmful cigarettes.

Fresh, a Northeastern health campaign group, agrees.

Ailsa Rutter OBE, director of Fresh, said: E-cigarettes can help adult smokers quit smoking, which is something we encourage, because we also know that e-cigarettes are far less harmful than smoking. But at the same time, it is important to take steps to reduce the appeal of vaping to children and young people, because vaping is not without risks and we do not want non-smokers to accept it.

“Data from the Northeast shows that most young people do not regularly vape, but we need to be vigilant about this and we urge retailers to obey the law and not sell vaping to people under 18. We also need governments to Close loopholes in current legislation."

ASH is also pushing for increased funding for enforcement and regulation of disposable e-cigarettes. The public health charity set up by the Royal College of Physicians wants to see young people vaping less, without undermining efforts to push adult smokers to switch to less harmful products. The Local Government Association also supports the idea of making e-cigarettes invisible in shops.

Deborah Arnott, ASH chief executive, said: "Smoking is far more harmful than vaping and remains the greatest threat to our children's health. But vaping is not without risks, and given the recent rise in child vaping, government action is urgently needed to improve regulation and enforce enforcement.

“Kids who vape mostly use cheap disposables that can be bought for under five bucks. Vaping could easily have been made more expensive in the March budget by imposing a specific tax on single-use e-cigarettes. Inexpensive. In one easy step, this will reduce children's use of e-cigarettes and the vast amount of single-use e-cigarettes that end up in landfill."

A spokesman for the Department of Health and Social Care said: "We have introduced tough rules to discourage the appeal of vaping to children, including restricting product advertising, setting limits on nicotine strength, labeling and safety requirements, and regulating the sale of nicotine. Vaping is illegal. For persons under the age of 18.

"We are seriously considering the recommendations of Khan's comments, including that more can be done to protect children from vaping."

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