High street shops and convenience stores have been urged to deplete their stocks of disposable vapes ahead of new legislation coming into force banning their sale. The deadline for selling any remaining disposable vapes was confirmed as 1 June ...

Sweden has enshrined tobacco harm reduction in public health policy after official data showed just 4.5 per cent of Swedish-born adults now smoke - below the ...

Around 2 million UK vapers (35%) say they would either buy illicit single-use vapes, return to smoking, or increase tobacco use if the government places restrictions on vape flavours, display and packaging – on top of the already confirmed single-...

The House of Commons passed the Tobacco and Vapes Bill on Wednesday after MPs voted 366 to 41 to approve it at third reading. The Bill, which will now proceed to the House of Lords, proposes to increase the legal age for tobacco sales by one ye...

VApril, the largest and most successful vape awareness campaign in the world, is returning for its eighth year amid record-high misperceptions about the stop smoking tool. Created by the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA), the initiative co...

Hundreds of potential candidates have applied for the vape industry’s first ever Chief Misinformation Officer job, according to the employer who created the role. The job vacancy was opened through quit smoking missionaries, Riot Labs, in a bid...

A new £10 million boost for Trading Standards has been unveiled on Saturday to fund an expected 80 more apprentice enforcement officers to stop harmful tobacco and vape products finding their way into neighbourhood shops and stopping underage vape...

Almost a third (32%) UK vape users would be willing to purchase an illegal vape, a new survey has found. With the disposable vapes ban set to come into force on the 1st of June this year, the findings of the survey by alternative nicotine produ...

Vape firm Voopoo has unveiled the latest product in its ARGUS series, ARGUS G3. The new pod device is powered by the revolutionary iCOSM CODE 2.0 technology, as Voopoo once again delivers on its promise of unmatched customer satisfaction throug...

Local Vape Action (LVA) is a partnership approach to tackling vaping issues at a local level. It brings together local authority partners as well as the vape sector via the Independent British Vape Trade Association (IBVTA), to identify and target...

Vaping firm ELFBAR has launched the ELFX Pro Classic Edition, the second device in its ELFX series, further expanding its range of reusable vaping products. Designed as an accessible entry point to open pod vaping systems with a focus on conven...

New research that looked into vape user’s perception of harm across a range of nicotine products highlighted a serious lack of awareness when it comes to which products are more harmful than others, potentially contributing to this rise in cigaret...

Imperial Brands has launched a range of new flavours to its rechargeable blu bar kit vape line, following increasing demand from customers for more flavour options. The new additions launched in independents from 3 March and introduce three new...

The UK vaping industry will be hit by many changes to regulation in 2025, following the disposable vapes ban. With a recent poll showing that 95 per cent of UK retailers believe the ban will hurt small businesses, Markus Lindblad, from nicotin...