vapebusiness.biz Staff

vapebusiness.biz Staff

Advice to Liverpool retailers over illegal vapes

SCOTSS seize non-compliant vape devices from retailers and wholesalers in Scotland

February 23, 2022

The Society of Chief Officers of Trading Standards in Scotland (SCOTSS) has seized around 90,000 illegal vapes in Scotland between October to...

More than 200k packets of illicit tobacco seized in Hessle

February 21, 2022

The Hull Central Neighbourhood Policing Team conducted a massive joint-working operation with Trading Standards and a trained tobacco sniffer dog to search...

Britons want vaping products to be tax free, reveals survey

February 19, 2022

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...

IVVA raises concern over flavour ban on e-cigarettes in proposed regulation

February 18, 2022

The Irish Vape Vendors Association (IVVA) has raised concerns over the proposed clause of flavour ban on e-cigarettes in the proposed Public...

EU Parliament becomes world’s first elected chamber to endorse tobacco harm reduction

February 18, 2022

The European Parliament on Wednesday (16) became the first elected chamber anywhere in the world to endorse tobacco harm reduction. Parliament adopted...

Darlington witnesses rise in underage sales of vape products

February 18, 2022

A warning has been issued following a spate of reports of traders selling vaping products to children. The Darlington trading standards team...

Country can kiss goodbye to its 2034 smoke-free ambitions, says UKVIA

February 16, 2022

On the Scottish government’s move to consulting the proposal to restrict promotion and advertisement of vape products, the UK Vaping Industry Association...

Trade bodies criticise Scotland’s plan to restrict vape ads

February 16, 2022

Scottish ministers are consulting on proposals to restrict the promotion and advertising of vaping products. The trade bodies for convenience have raised...

Stock genuine as crackdown unearths huge hauls of illegal vapes

January 29, 2022

Recent raids by trading standards officers have led to seizure of  illegal vape products from stores across the country. In Livepool, during...

Juul Labs to launch updated JUUL2 device

September 28, 2021

Vape manufacturer JUUL Labs is launching its next generation system, JUUL2, in the UK this week. The firm describes the launch as...

Bouncing back: A retailer’s perspective

August 16, 2021

Shahid Ahmed, who runs Day Today Stane in the Scottish Town of Shotts, was perfectly placed to capitalise on lockdown. He tells...

Make your display work for you

August 16, 2021

From the moment a customer arrives in store, retailers can be showcasing their vape and next generation nicotine range. Tom Gockelen-Kozlowski speaks...

Next gen nicotine arrives: bring your range to life

August 16, 2021

A display or range is no longer complete without a suite of next generation nicotine products. Tom Gockelen-Kozlowski asks how you can...

UK will miss 2030 smoke-free target, experts warn

July 27, 2021

A group of doctors, health experts and campaigners have criticised the government for not doing enough to meet its own smoke-free target...