Vapes should come in cigarette-like packaging and kept behind the counter in shops and retail outlets, British Medical Association has said today (28), calling on the government to tackle the “growing epidemic of vape use in...
Concerns are being raised that vapes, redesigned to avoid ban on single-use disposable ones, will not be very effective in curbing the environmental impact of e-cigarette waste. As the ban is expected to be passed into...
A convenience store in South Gloucestershire has had its licence suspended after trading standards and police seized 275 illegal vapes from the premises. Councillors heard the e-cigarettes seized at News Extra in Burley Grove included the...
The UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA) has clarified that the regulated nicotine vape industry is in no way connected with the trend of using open vape devices as a delivery mechanism for illegal drugs, popularly known...
There is a seven-fold rise in the number of businesses caught selling vapes to minors over the last four years, a new FOI report has found, prompting calls to introduce a vape retailer licensing framework and...
Concerns are being raised over a new shop, set to open in Felixstowe, that will sell sweets alongside vapes. According to local reports, Kingdom of American Sweets and Vapes is set to open in the former...
Prime minister Keir Starmer has been urged by Australian policymakers and experts to rethink proposed vape ban, warnings it could create a massive black market in the UK. Australian politicians who pioneered a similar crackdown stated...
Magistrates have granted a Premise Closure Order on a shop in Hartlepool for repeatedly selling illicit tobacco and cigarettes and illegal vapes. The three-month order, granted by Teesside Magistrates following an application by Hartlepool Borough Council’s...
Number of recorded vape spiking incidents has quadrupled in past few years, states a recent report. Experts are warning about the danger of vape spiking, with devices found laced with substances other than nicotine, such as...
Huge amount of illegal oversized vapes, alongside counterfeit cigarettes, have been seized from a convenience store in Lincolnshire. As reported by Lincolnshire Police on Wednesday (21), Neighbourhood Policing Team Officers, Immigration Officers and Trading Standards Officers...
Two Southsea shops have been forced to close after Trading Standards investigations uncovered them persistently selling illegal tobacco and vapes. Closure notices have been upheld against Albert Food Store, located in 131 Albert Road, Southsea, and...
More than 1,500 illegal single use vapes and illicit tobacco have been seized during a two-day operation in Tower Hamlets. According to Tower Hamlets Council, the officers from Trading Standard’s Team carried out two days of...
Rates of youth vaping in the country has plateaued while adult vaping is at an all-time high, shows a report published today (14). The latest findings from Action on Smoking and Health (ASH’s) annual surveys of...
Illegal cigarettes, tobacco and disposable vapes with a retail value of around £20,000 have been seized from traders across Walsall as part of a crackdown on the illicit tobacco trade in the borough. Walsall Trading Standards,...
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