Three disposable vapes are being binned incorrectly every second in the UK, causing a surge in fires in council refuse trucks and waste processing plants, a new study has shown. Research released by public sector insurer...
Banning disposable vapes will fuel illicit sales and will not achieve its aims of reducing littering and reducing their appeal to children, the Federation of Independent Retailers (the Fed) has warned. The Fed was responding to...
Vape trade bodies have decried the call by the Local Government Association (LGA) for a ban on disposable vapes by next year, saying such a ban would be discriminatory and would have negative consequences. The LGA,...
The Local Government Association (LGA), which represents councils in England and Wales, has urged the government to ban the sale and manufacture of single use vapes by 2024, on environmental and health grounds. The LGA said...
Blackburn Rovers has addressed concerns and criticism regarding its sponsorship agreement with vaping brand Totally Wicked, asserting that it does not contradict the promotion of a healthy lifestyle for children. During a House of Commons debate...
Waste management company Biffa has launched a UK-wide disposal, collection and recycling solution for single-use vapes. More than 1.3 million non-rechargeable vapes are disposed of in the UK every week - but confusion about their ability...
ANDS, a distributor of alternative nicotine delivery systems, has appointed Mary Carmen Ordóñez as new managing director to spearhead its market expansion in the UK and Europe as part of the company’s international growth strategy. A...
Contract research organisation Broughton has launched a new Extractables and Leachables (E&L) testing service for the reduced-risk nicotine industry. The scientific consultancy said the service will help nicotine product developers, manufacturers and brands bring their products...
The New Nicotine Alliance (NNA) UK has written to the parliament’s Health and Social Care Committee following an oral evidence session on youth vaping held on 28 June. The consumer advocacy body said they were ‘disappointed...
ANDS, a trademark owner and distributor of alternative nicotine delivery systems, including vapes, has set its sights on the travel retail sector in the UK. It forms a key part of the company’s international growth strategy...
The Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP), who writes the advertising rules enforced by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), has issued an Enforcement Notice instructing vaping companies to follow the advertising rules and remove any ads for...
Up to 26 million disposable vapes were consumed and thrown away in Scotland in the last year, of which an estimated 10 per cent were littered and more than half were incorrectly disposed of, according to...
Health charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) has urged the MPs to call government to account for ‘years of inaction’ on vaping. Giving evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee topical session on vaping...
The share of illegal cigarettes in the total consumption has increased by 3.1 percentage points to 21.2 per cent in 2022 in the UK, driven by an increase in counterfeit cigarettes, a new study has revealed....
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