Christine Sexton, Local Democracy Reporter

Experimenting with commercially available vapes may be important for some people’s success in giving up smoking, according to new research by the University of East Anglia. The Read more ...

The Irish government is moving forward with a plan to ban disposable vapes, following Cabinet approval on Tuesday of draft legislation proposed by health minister Stephen Donnelly. The new laws would prohibit the sale, manufacture, and import o...

Experts have cautioned against drawing definitive conclusions from the results of a study that suggested young people who vape perform as poorly as smokers in exercise tests, pointing out several limitations in the research methodology. The stu...

The UK Vaping Industry Association has welcomed the support for introducing a vape licensing scheme shown by Baroness Merrion. Speaking during a House of LordsRead more ...

Vapes-Bars Limited said they have reached an amicable agreement with iMiracle (HK) Limited and Green Fun Alliance Limited to settle their dispute, putting an end to the conflict on the trademarks Found Mary and Lost Mary. Both parties will cont...

A man in North East Lincolnshire has plead guilty to selling illegal vapes and has been fined heavily. North East Lincolnshire Council stated that its Trading Standards team discovered hundreds of illegal vapes in October last year at Sukhdev S...

Liverpool City Council’s Alcohol and Tobacco Unit (ATU) has seized over 30,200 vapes valued at £362,736 and closed 26 shops as a part of the Council’s ongoing crackdown trade of illegal products in communities across Liverpool. Last week, two f...

Global vaping innovator LOST MARY has launched the 4-in-1 pod kit, the brand’s first four-pod system. Delivering up to 3,200 puffs, the reusable and rechargeable pod kit holds four 2ml prefilled pods, offering the choice of four LOST MARY flavo...

The World Vapers’ Alliance (WVA) has slammed the Labour Party's proposed ban on disposable vapes, warning that such a misguided policy could undermine public health efforts by hitting the most vulnerable hardest and would prove to be "gift to the ...

Wholesaler United Wholesale Scotland has opened a new division to "dive into the vape world". The wholesaler announced recently that it has created United Vapes - a dedicated platform that brings its vast range of vape products to retailers all...

Cumbria shops are praised for upholding the law after an operation found none of the shop was selling cigarettes or vapes to minors among those tested. According to local reports, Cumberland Council's Trading Standards service conducted the ope...

A new investigation has reinforced the instrumental role of flavoured vapes and vaping products in securing a smokefree future, just one day after the British Medical Association called for a total ban on all non-tobacco flavoured vapes. As par...

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 the UK”. With vape ...

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 law by the end of 2024 an...

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 “larg...