The Society of Chief Officers of Trading Standards in Scotland (SCOTSS) has seized around 90,000 illegal vapes in Scotland between October to December 2021. SCOTSS is also working very closely with Scottish Government colleagues around the...
The Hull Central Neighbourhood Policing Team conducted a massive joint-working operation with Trading Standards and a trained tobacco sniffer dog to search for illicit cigarettes and tobacco. More than 200,000 packets of illicit tobacco were seized...
According to a survey by GoSmokeFree.co.uk, 59 per cent of 1200 respondents said tax-free vaping products would encourage people to change their habits. GoSmokeFree.co.uk surveyed 1200 people in January to find out their opinion on smoking...
The Irish Vape Vendors Association (IVVA) has raised concerns over the proposed clause of flavour ban on e-cigarettes in the proposed Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019 which aims to regulate e-cigarettes in...
The European Parliament on Wednesday (16) became the first elected chamber anywhere in the world to endorse tobacco harm reduction. Parliament adopted – by a margin of 652 votes to 15 – a report on Cancer...
A warning has been issued following a spate of reports of traders selling vaping products to children. The Darlington trading standards team is becoming increasingly concerned at the number reports of disposable nicotine vaping products being...
On the Scottish government’s move to consulting the proposal to restrict promotion and advertisement of vape products, the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA) comments that the country can kiss goodbye to its 2034 smoke-free ambitions. Doug...
Scottish ministers are consulting on proposals to restrict the promotion and advertising of vaping products. The trade bodies for convenience have raised concerns as this might hinder the effort to create a tobacco-free generation by 2034....
Recent raids by trading standards officers have led to seizure of illegal vape products from stores across the country. In Livepool, during a recent test purchasing exercise across the city, officers were able to buy illegal...
Vape manufacturer JUUL Labs is launching its next generation system, JUUL2, in the UK this week. The firm describes the launch as its “latest step in its mission to transition more adult smokers from combustible cigarettes”....
Shahid Ahmed, who runs Day Today Stane in the Scottish Town of Shotts, was perfectly placed to capitalise on lockdown. He tells Vape Business why his business is coming back even stronger Lockdown was really helpful...
From the moment a customer arrives in store, retailers can be showcasing their vape and next generation nicotine range. Tom Gockelen-Kozlowski speaks to the experts to learn more It’s a competitive world out there in the...
A display or range is no longer complete without a suite of next generation nicotine products. Tom Gockelen-Kozlowski asks how you can integrate these products into your store Thanks to literally billions of pounds of investment,...
A group of doctors, health experts and campaigners have criticised the government for not doing enough to meet its own smoke-free target by 2030 – and backed vape and other nicotine products to be an essential...
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