For the past three months Vape Business has been following a group of retailers' experiences of preparing for the menthol ban. Little did they, or we, know that the industry would be dealing with a global...
Vape Business gets some essential last-minute advice from the biggest names in the industry 1. Make sure you are clued up Kate O’Dowd – head of field force, Philip Morris International Retailers should ensure they understand...
Safe to say that this will not now be the run-up to the menthol ban that either the industry or retailers were expecting. The coronavirus has blown off course planned in-store support and social distancing measures...
A Birmingham-based vape retail business is offering NHS workers nationwide free e-liquids to say ‘thank you’ for their lifesaving efforts during the coronavirus pandemic. Ohms of the Ancient is one of the thousands of vape retailers...
Philip Morris has launched a video promoting its IQOS menthol ban starter kit to independent convenience retailers. The video features three Bristol-based store owners discussing the advantages of the heat-not-burn system and provides some basic information...
Fewer product launches, VApril going online and government-backed trading – the head of the vaping industry's representative body paints a very different spring and summer for the industry in this exclusive interview. The UKVIA’s director John...
Hat tip to Twitter user Jonathan Foulds, professor of public health sciences and psychiatry at Penn State University, for noticing what he calls the "the final, quiet admission that nicotine e-cigs never caused EVALI". His comments...
Vaping manufacturer Juul Labs has agreed to supply Booker wholesale depots in a significant step up in the distribution of the brand. The agreement means the Juul range is now available the 135 Booker branches with...
Whatever side of the debate you’re on when it comes to e-cigarettes and vaping, the pictures on Twitter of teenagers’ lungs clogged and left ruined by illicit THC vaping devices are heartbreaking, writes Tom Gockelen-Kozlowski. To...
Heat-not-burn systems give users a nicotine hit by heating tobacco but without igniting the leaf, therefore avoiding the dangerous tar and chemicals. This technology could result in millions of cigarette smokers converting. For many retailers looking...
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...
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...
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...
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