Sweden’s rapid march towards smoke-free status is becoming an “inconvenient reality” for policymakers seeking to restrict safer nicotine alternatives, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the country said. Speaking at an event in the ...

Geekvape and Geek Bar have secured a combined 14 international design awards in 2025, underlining a sustained push into user-led product design and materials innovation rather than what the brabds describe as a one-off “award harvest”. Across t...

Philip Morris International (PMI) on Friday reported a strong set of full-year results for 2025, driven by rapid growth across its smoke-free portfolio, with the business now accounting for more than two-fifths of total company revenues. The to...

A newly published academic commentary has raised fresh questions about how evidence on vaping for smoking cessation is interpreted and communicated, after researchers identified a pattern of systematic reviews reporting positive results for e-ciga...

More than 116,000 illegal vapes and tobacco products worth an estimated £138,000 were seized by Hampshire County Council’s Trading Standards team last year, as part of intensified efforts to protect communities and support legitimate retailers. ...

Retailers believe that better shopper education will be crucial to driving further growth in the smoke-free category in 2026, according to new research from Philip Morris Limited (PML). A nationwide survey of 200 UK convenience store managers f...

SNÜ has launched three new nicotine pouch flavours – Wild Cherry, Cherry Cola and Tropical Punch – as it looks to capitalise on growing demand for flavour variety at higher strengths and the rapid mainstreaming of pouches across the UK retail land...

VPZ has announced a multi-million-pound investment programme aimed at expanding UK manufacturing, strengthening supply-chain controls and creating hundreds of jobs nationwide, as the specialist retailer steps up preparations for tighter regulation...

Voopoo has started 2026 with the launch of its latest pod system, the DORIC Go, positioning the device as a blend of endurance, style and everyday practicality for modern vapers. Designed to meet growing consumer demand for longer battery life ...

Experts from Philip Morris International (PMI) last week presented scientific evidence to the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC) as part of the FDA’s process for a Modified Risk Tobacco P...

Open access publisher MDPI has retracted a controversial paper that claimed e-cigarette users face a higher risk of early stroke than traditional cigarette smokers, following concerns about major errors in the analysis and an investigation that fa...

The UK should consider banning cross-border online sales of nicotine and tobacco products to stop overseas websites undermining domestic vape regulation and youth access controls, nicotine pouch retailer Northerner has said. The call follows No...

A Go Local Extra store in Cheadle has reported a significant uplift in vape sales after introducing a full dedicated range supported by a professional in-store display, which has strengthened its position as a destination for vape shoppers in the ...

Liverpool City Region could move to ban vaping advertising across publicly owned infrastructure, as part of a broader crackdown on marketing linked to health harms. Under proposals being considered by the Combined Authority this week, the exist...

Spectra Systems Corporation has been selected as the winning bidder to produce and supply duty stamps for HMRC’s forthcoming Vaping Duty Stamps Scheme, aimed at clamping down on illicit vape sales ahead of the introduction of Vaping Products Duty ...

Vaping and other non-combustible nicotine products are now more popular than cigarettes among adolescents in more than half of the countries analysed in a major international study – with researchers warning that youth vaping prevalence is rising,...

A leaked draft of the European Council’s updated Tobacco Excise Directive (TED) has sparked fresh anger among vaping advocates, who claim Brussels is still intent on taxing lower-risk nicotine alternatives in a way that could deter smokers from sw...

More than 100,000 illegal disposable vapes seized at the Port of Holyhead are set to be destroyed after a Lancashire businessman and his firm admitted importing non-compliant products into the UK. At Mold Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday 13 Januar...

Smokers who use e-cigarettes alongside tobacco – known as “dual use” – reduce their intake of harmful chemicals and may be more likely to quit smoking altogether than those who continue to smoke only cigarettes, according to new research from Quee...

Scottish convenience retailers are calling for tougher enforcement and more carefully designed regulations to stop the growing black market in illegal vapes, warning that criminal gangs are exploiting loopholes and undermining legitimate stores. ...