Vape maker Chill Brands on Monday said it has suspended chief executive Callum Sommerton after allegations were raised around the company's use of inside information. The company has appointed law firm Fieldfisher to conduct an investigation in...
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Philip Morris Limited (PML) has unveiled Heatwave Open, a cutting-edge digital trade engagement platform designed to bolster online support for convenience retailers stocking its heated tobacco device IQOS. The unveiling coincides with a signif...
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The vape industry is already planning creatively on how to deal with the upcoming disposable vapes ban, which lands on the market in April 2025
By Joe Coughlan, Local Democracy Reporter
By Natalia Forero, Local Democracy Reporter
In the impact assessment conducted by the Department of Health and Social Care as part of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, concerns have been raised regarding the potential repercussions of implementing vape flavor restrictions, particularly on adult e...
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The UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA) has on Wednesday said the government’s approach to vape restrictions is highly irresponsible as it has not quantified the health impacts of fewer people using vapes to quit smoking. As the House of Com...
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A contentious bill that aims to eventually phase out smoking in Britain advanced in parliament on Tuesday, as the House of Commons voted in favour of the controversial measure. The legislation would ban the selling of tobacco products to anyone...
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The UK parliament on Tuesday kicked off its first debate on prime minister Rishi Sunak's planned flagship legislation to prevent young people from smoking, despite opposition from many in his own Conservative Party. The law would ban the sellin...
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Consumer organisations New Nicotine Alliance (NNA) and vapers.org.uk have joined hands to launch the NoVapeTax website, urging UK vapers to resist the proposed tax on vape liquids. The tax, set to take effect...
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Trading Standards officers have seized a haul of over 2,300 vapes from local retailers in the last year, Midlothian council has revealed. These were seized mainly because they contain too much liquid nicotine. They were seized from 11 retailers...
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Scandinavian Tobacco Group UK has announces its entry into the next gen nicotine category with the launch of XQS pouches. This new range has been created in Sweden, the home of nicotine pouches, and will be available to retailers from May onwar...
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A south London shop which sold booze and vapes to children twice has been fined nearly £7,000. Lavender Hill Magistrates Court imposed the fine on World Superstore Limited on 26 March after the business pleaded guilty at to four offences cove...
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Government should take a comprehensive evidence-based approach to vaping regulation, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Responsible Vaping has said, ahead of second reading of Tobacco and Vapes Bill that is set to resume in the House of ...
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Experts have raised warning over cannabis vapes, saying people using them risk inhaling a powerful animal tranquilliser called xylazine that can cau...
Illegal vapes were seized from nearly 3,000 unscrupulous sellers in 2023 across the UK, but only 1 in 20 were issued fines, new data has shown. In 2023, over one and a half million illegal vapes were seized in the UK, enough for three to be sol...
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First unveiled last autumn, the Sky Hunter Slim has hit the retail market and is already enjoying ‘unprecedented demand’ in specialist vape shops and convenience stores, brand owner Happy Vibes has said. The research and development team at Hap...
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£166,000 worth of suspected illegal tobacco and vapes have been seized by Trading Standards in a joint operation with Devon & Cornwall Police in South Devon recently. Trading Standards, assisted by the local neighbourhood policing team, loc...
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Time spent on social media was associated with an increased risk of cigarette and e-cigarette use in teenagers, according to new research. The study, led by researchers at the University of Glasgow, found that teens who were on social media for...
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People who use e-cigarettes are significantly more likely to develop heart failure compared with those who have never used them, a US study has found. Using data from surveys and electronic health records in All of Us, a large national study of...
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