Can you take e-cigarettes on a plane? The laws on vaping aboard explained
A committee of British lawmakers is urging the government to loosen restrictions on e-cigarettes as a way of cutting the smoking rate - but can you vape mile high
E-CIGARETTE users should be allowed to vape in more public places, a committee of MPs say.
But can you blast away aboard a plane or even take your device aboard?
Can you take e-cigarettes on a plane?
Passengers are not allowed to vape on any planes.
Vapers can take their e-cigarettes on a plane but only in hand luggage.
They cannot recharge them while flying.
Can you vape in airports?
All UK airports have banned using e-cigarettes in their terminals.
They make vapers smoke in designated areas alongside tobacco smokers.
Where are you allowed to vape?
Not many places.
Although many train companies and stations once allowed vaping on platforms, most have now been banned.
Supermarkets and other stores forbid them too.
A pub - and only on the publican’s permission - is the only place.
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What are some MPs recommending about vaping?
They are calling on bus and train companies to consider allowing passengers to use e-cigarettes to improve public health.
Vaping is less harmful than conventional smoking and the two should not be treated as the same, according to a report by the Science and Technology Committee (STC).
There should be an urgent review to make it easier for e-cigarettes to be made available on prescription and "wider debate" on vaping in public spaces.
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