The UK disposable ban took effect on 1 June 2025. Overnight, the everyday vape moved away from single-use bars and toward refillable pod kits paired with bottled nicotine salts. JUST SALTS sits at the centre of that shift because it’s the UK-made, TPD-compliant nicotine salt range built specifically for the post-disposable everyday vaper.

The everyday vape used to mean buying an Elf Bar or Lost Mary every day or two from the corner shop. That’s no longer legal. The replacement is a refillable pod kit that lasts you months, plus a 10ml bottle of nic salts that you refill from. The pod kit you buy once. The e-liquid you reorder. Multi-buy bottle pricing of 4 for £10 keeps the weekly cost lower than even two disposables used to cost.

The cost difference is significant

A heavy disposable user was getting through one device a day before the ban, at roughly £5 to £6 each. That works out to £1,500 to £1,800 a year. The same usage pattern on a refillable pod kit with JUST SALTS comes to roughly £300 to £500 a year including pods and coil replacements. That is a 70 to 80% saving for most ex-disposable users, and it’s the biggest single reason refillable pod kits became the everyday standard so quickly after the ban.

The flavour gap closed fast

The early concern in 2025 was that bottled nic salts would not match the punchy flavour of disposables. UK manufacturers responded fast. The 22 JUST SALTS flavours cover every disposable-style profile: blueberry sour raspberry ice, mango ice, watermelon, blue razz lemonade, kiwi passion fruit guava and the rest. Our 22 JUST SALTS flavours guide covers the full range by category.

UK-made matters more than people realise

One of the lessons from the disposable era was how much trouble counterfeit and unregulated imports caused. UK-made TPD-compliant nic salts come with required ingredient testing, MHRA notification, child-resistant packaging and proper labelling. JUST SALTS sits inside that UK framework, which is a different category from imported nic salts of unknown origin.

October 2026: Vaping Products Duty

From 1 October 2026, a Vaping Products Duty of £2.20 per 10ml plus VAT applies to all UK e-liquid sales. That includes JUST SALTS. The duty raises everyday costs slightly, but JUST SALTS remains significantly cheaper per ml than disposables ever were, particularly on the 4 for £10 multi-buy structure that long-term everyday vapers tend to use.

The pattern the Just Vape team in Omagh and Strabane sees most often at the counter for an everyday vaper in 2026.