{"id":121,"date":"2026-07-13T09:38:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T08:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoenix2retail.co.uk\/news\/?p=121"},"modified":"2026-07-20T09:39:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T08:39:20","slug":"12-week-consultation-from-the-department-of-health-and-social-care-dhsc-is-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoenix2retail.co.uk\/news\/12-week-consultation-from-the-department-of-health-and-social-care-dhsc-is-now-open\/","title":{"rendered":"12-week consultation from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is now open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new 12-week consultation from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is now open, covering the future packaging, appearance and display of vaping products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The proposals on the table:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u27a1\ufe0f Standardised (plain) packaging<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u27a1\ufe0f Restrictions on colours and product appearance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u27a1\ufe0f Simpler flavour descriptions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u27a1\ufe0f Keeping vaping products out of sight in retail stores<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Importantly, this is a consultation, not a change in the law. Nothing has been decided yet, and there&#8217;s no immediate action for retailers to take.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Phoenix 2 Retail backs proportionate, evidence-based regulation that limits the appeal of these products to young people while keeping vaping accessible for adult smokers looking to move away from cigarettes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The window to respond closes on 2 October 2026, a genuine chance for the trade to be heard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have your say here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/gyzY2gwy\">https:\/\/lnkd.in\/gyzY2gwy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new 12-week consultation from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is now open, covering the future packaging, appearance and display of vaping products. The proposals on the table: \u27a1\ufe0f Standardised (plain) packaging \u27a1\ufe0f Restrictions on colours and product appearance \u27a1\ufe0f Simpler flavour descriptions \u27a1\ufe0f Keeping vaping products out of sight in retail [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phoenix2retail.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phoenix2retail.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phoenix2retail.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phoenix2retail.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phoenix2retail.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/phoenix2retail.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123,"href":"https:\/\/phoenix2retail.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions\/123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phoenix2retail.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phoenix2retail.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phoenix2retail.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phoenix2retail.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}