Devon’s largest hospital is the latest institution to change its policy on vaping as it looks to encourage smokers to finally kick the habit. According to the BBC, health managers at the Derriford Hospital rethought its...
US tobacco giant Altria has written off two-thirds of its £12.8bn investment in JUUL after a steep rise in legal cases against Juul in the US were, it said, unlikely to slow down. The comments came...
Imperial Brands has appointed a new CEO, Stefan Bomhard, at what it describes as a “significant point in [its] development”. Bomhard arrives from UK car dealership firm Inchcape having also held senior roles at Cadbury, Burger...
Philip Morris International (PMI) has gained the international distribution rights to a second heat-not-burn device, it has been announced. According to a report in the Korea Times, the company has reached agreement with Korean manufacturer KT&G...
Doctors in Australia are slowly moving behind the use of e-cigarettes as a tool in smoking cessation. The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has released widened advice for doctors on the prescription of nicotine replacement...
Switching from tobacco to e-cigarettes can help parents underline the negative impact of tobacco and stop the passing on of tobacco smoking to their children, a Welsh study shows. Anti-vaping groups have consistently claimed vaping normalises...
Britain’s exit from the EU will not affect the upcoming ban on menthol cigarettes, the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has told retailers as it urges them to prepare for the 20 May implementation date. James...
A “misleading” health warning from the World Health Organisation on the impact of e-cigarettes and vaping products has been criticised by leading UK experts. Earlier this week the WHO released a Q&A on its website titled...
Smokers and vapers around the globe seem to be greatly affected by the media reports following the recent vaping illnesses in the US, a new study has found. While 42 percent of the respondents told a...
If you're not an expert in vaping then how do you answer those tough questions you customers might ask? In our new regular feature, Vape Business comes to the rescue. Is vaping safe? Yes, it’s 95%...
Vaping manufacturers are focusing research on further improving the safety of products, an international industry conference has heard. John Dunne, director of the UK Vaping Industry Association, told Vape Business: “The big focus on manufacturers of...
Anti-vaping policies in the United States could put future reductions in lung cancer at risk, an influential industry figure has warned. Responding to statistics from the American Cancer Society that show the biggest one-year drop in...
Independent retailers, who face losing thousands of pounds in tobacco sales after menthol cigarettes are banned this May, are planning to significantly increase vaping ranges to protect profits. These are some of the early findings of...
Widespread switching from cigarettes to vaping could save millions of lives each year, a paper published by the British Medical Journal reveals. The study took a number of scenarios where smoking rates fell against a status...
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