While the problem of illegal vapes and underage sales still remains, the recent survey revealed that the ban on flavoured vapes would create a black market for the products which will add more burden on the...
Trading standards officers in Aberdeen have seized more than 100 illegal vapes from two city shops. The 104 single-use electronic cigarettes were seized because they did not comply with product safety law and could not be...
North East Lincolnshire Council’s Trading Standards team have carried out a series of inspections at a number of small retailers in the borough to assess the number of illegal disposable vaping devices on sale. Officers found...
Philip Morris Limited (PML) is recruiting over 30 vape managers and executives to support vape retailers expand their multicategory offering with IQOS, the UK’s number one heated tobacco product, as the vape channel continues to embrace...
In response to the newly appointed Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency, Jacob Rees-Mogg's call for public suggestion to abolish petty regulations as the United Kingdom has left the EU, the New Nictone Alliance (NNA)...
By Swati Rana In response to the consultation released by the Scottish government to ban advertisement or promotion of vape products, We Vape is running a campaign #TellNicola urging people to reply to the consultation. Mark...
In response to the Department for Health and Social Care’s (DHSC) review into the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations (TRPR) laws, the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA) has shared its recommendation to encourage vaping as a less...
To help combat counterfeit and non-compliant vaping products, Geek Bar has launched a range of new packaging, which will distinguish the legitimacy of its products by emphasising the positioning of the security code. The new packaging...
The UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA) has appointed the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), one of the UK’s leading economic consultancies, to undertake the most comprehensive assessment to date of the vaping industry’s contribution...
In the wake of the growing number of raids over illegal sales, underage sales and sales of counterfeit vape products, Geek Bar has written to Trading Standards services at local authorities in major UK cities asking...
More than 20,000 illegal cigarettes and five kilos of illicit hand rolling tobacco worth an estimated £13,000, have been seized in Salford. Officers from Salford City Council’s trading standards team visited six businesses in Swinton and...
The Independent British Vape Trade Association (IBVTA) has welcomed Ben Wilson, CEO of Wilson George Group, to its Board. At the most recent meeting, the IBVTA Board voted to elect Ben as a new Board member....
More than half of the shops are illegally selling vaping products to children, a crackdown by BCP trading standards on under-age sales of e-cigarettes in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, has revealed. Two 14-year-old volunteers were sold...
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has developed guidance to help retailers with the sale and supply of e-cigarettes and other vaping products. The guide covers the regulations that govern the sale and supply of e-cigarettes,...
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