British American Tobacco, owner of Vuse vaping products, said it supports the introduction of a “low” excise tax on the nicotine-infused liquid in vapes to better control the market, but said a tax linked to nicotine...
Trade bodies warned that the new vape tax, coming after the proposal to ban disposable vapes, could drive more people to black market and hinder the efforts to help smokers quit. In his budget speech on...
A consumer body representing nicotine users said the tax on vaping liquids proposed in the budget by the chancellor on Wednesday is ‘ill-thought-out’ and will cost thousands of lives. The New Nicotine Alliance (NNA) also expressed...
The government has opened a public consultation seeking views on the proposals for the design and implementation of a new UK-wide Vaping Products Duty. In his budget speech on Wednesday, chancellor Jeremy Hunt has confirmed the...
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said he is planning to introduce an extra tax on vaping products from October 2026, aiming to make the habit more expensive to deter non-smokers from take it up. Hunt also said that...
Eight retailers have been shut down since October last year in Liverpool for selling illegal vapes, often to young people who are under age, the city council has revealed. The closures were made using legislation that...
A vape shop owner in Warwickshire and his business have been together fined a total of £10,297 after pleading guilty to selling illegal vapes. Luke Benjamin Spencer, director of Warwickshire Vape Ltd, trading as Royal Vapes,...
By Jessica Moriarty, Local Democracy Reporter A Wiltshire business owner will have to pay over £1000 after he sold a disposable e-cigarette to a child. The incident occurred at Mario’s Pizza, on Royal Wootton Bassett’s high...
A huge sum of vapes have been stolen in targeted attacks across commercial businesses in Glasgow’s south-side in the past couple of months, reports said. Between 10 December and 10 February, ten businesses in Shawlands, Govanhill...
The Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) has launched a crackdown on ads for vapes that break our rules, issuing an Enforcement Notice to advertisers and with focused monitoring to find and ban problem ads appearing in...
Vaping firm Flumlite has launched two new products, Snugg vape pen and Nic Salts e-liquid. Designed for modern users who demand convenience without compromising safety, Snugg boasts a suite of cutting-edge features: Battery Indicator: The intuitive...
More than half of smokers in England wrongly believe that vaping is more harmful or as harmful as smoking, according to a new study led by UCL researchers. The study, published in the journal JAMA Network...
Jeremy Hunt is expected to announce a new levy on vaping in next week’s budget, The Times has reported. The chancellor would also cut employee national insurance by 1 percentage-point, according to the report. The new...
UK vape company Nu Vape said it has developed a product that uses a proprietary formulated hybrid nicotine, meaning that it is a blend of the base and salt product. The company said this would give...
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