A shop in Olton has been fined over £11,000 after the business and its director were found guilty of selling illegal disposable vapes. Abdul Qadar, aged 32 of Edgbaston Road, Birmingham, and his business – Vapourmist Ltd at 43 Warwick Road, Olt...

By Michael Kenwood, Local Democracy Reporter

A retailer has been handed a fine of £22,500 for selling vapes to minors and stocking non-compliant vapes. Link Telecom Enterprise Limited was handed the maximum fine provided by the regulations of £2,500 for selling a vape to a child at a shop...

The UK Vaping Industry Association said they are ‘disappointed’ that no representatives for the sector, nor for the millions of adults who have quit smoking through vaping, were invited to speak at the committee hearings for the Tobacco and Vapes ...

Small convenience stores are selling less tobacco, and the tobacco products they do sell are much less profitable to them than vaping products, according to new analysis from the University of Edinburgh. Profit margins from vapes were far highe...

A break-in at a West Lothian vape shop's new premises in the Houston Industrial Estate in Livingston has delayed the store’s grand opening, scheduled for 8 January. The incident, which occurred on New Year’s Eve, caused extensive damage to the ...

Thousands of suspected counterfeits and unfit for sale vapes were seized from shops in Rotherham last year as part of a joint operation between South Yorkshire Police and Rotherham Council’s Trading Standards team. The partnership work between ...

Voopoo, a prominent name in vaping innovation, has unveiled the VINCI E120, a new addition to its product line designed to deliver high performance in a compact design. The VINCI E120 features a 4500mAh high-density battery and supports up to 1...

The government must introduce tougher punishments on retailers in order to tackle underage vaping and curb illicit vape sales, according to a new study of almost 6,000 members of the public. More than half of those polled dismissed the governme...

Japan Tobacco International (JTI) has completed a significant refurbishment of its national distribution centre in Crewe. investing £7.8 million into the facility. Originally opened in 1994 for Gallaher Ltd, and becoming part of JTI following t...

Thousands of illegal vapes and counterfeit and unlicensed drugs worth £1million have been seized on Monday by police and trading standards officers in a raid on Erdington High Street. In one of the biggest seizures of its kind in the city, a to...

The Scottish Government has been urged to introduce a robust licensing system for vape and tobacco sales as part of its regulatory strategy. Currently, retailers in Scotland are only required to register to sell tobacco and vaping products, wit...

Vaping firm Totally Wicked has reported a pre-tax profit of £8.1 million for the financial year ending March 31, 2024, more than doubling its previous year’s profit of £3.3 million. The Lancashire-based company said the “continuing growth” of s...

Croydon Council has secured a conviction of the proprietor of a vape shop in Brigstock Road, Thornton Heath, for selling a vape to a child during a test purchasing exercise. The owner of Mobile and Vape, Lalbaz Safi, was fined £600 after pleadi...

Wildly popular with young people for their dizzying array of flavours, including apple, watermelon and cola, the time is up for disposable e-cigarettes in Belgium - the first EU country to ban them. From January 1, it will be forbidden to sell ...

Chinese vape firm Vozol has announced the launch of two new open-system products in the UK and European markets in December. Ace Max is specially crafted for those who seek top-tier quality and a premium vaping experience. Made from high-qualit...

Belgium will in January become the first European Union country to ban sales of disposable vapes because of concerns about their use among children and the environmental damage they can cause. The move is part of an anti-tobacco drive in the we...

With 8.2 million vapes now thrown away, or recycled incorrectly, per week, the issue of disposable vapes is not going away, Material Focus has warned on Tuesday. With a ban due in just six months (June 2025), the production of vapes is continui...

By Shelagh Parkinson, Local Democracy Reporter

The disposable vape market has been a cornerstone of the vaping industry, and a major sales driver for convenience stores. However, the landscape is set to change significantly with the impending ban on disposable vapes across the UK, scheduled fo...