A comprehensive review of scientific evidence has found that electronic cigarettes containing nicotine are more effective than traditional nicotine replacement therapies (NRT), like patches and gum, for helping smokers quit. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews,...
A recent study by Coehar revealed that 80 per cent of e-cigarette flavoured liquid samples showed low risk on health compared to conventional cigarettes. By testing some liquids sold in Italy and present also in foreign...
Six Swidon shops have failed the test purchase carried out by the Swindon Borough Council’s Trading Standards team to check whether retailers are complying with the law of underage sales of e-cigarette. The test purchase was...
Trading standards officers in Aberdeen have seized more than 100 illegal vapes from two city shops. The 104 single-use electronic cigarettes were seized because they did not comply with product safety law and could not be...
A new enforcement notice for promotional pricing of e-cigarettes have been released by the UK Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). According to the notice, advertisers are permitted...
The European Parliament on Wednesday (16) became the first elected chamber anywhere in the world to endorse tobacco harm reduction. Parliament adopted – by a margin of 652 votes to 15 – a report on Cancer...
The UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA) has joined forces with the Ipswich Night Shelter, a project run by the Selig (Suffolk) Trust (a registered charity providing services and support for those who become homeless), to support...
Upstart vape makers are “vying to get their products prescribed on the NHS” while big tobacco companies seems to be in wait-and-watch mode for now, stated a recent report as the UK is set to become...
A new report from Action on Smoking and Health has highlight a huge increase in the proportion of adults using e-cigarettes, taking the number to 3.6 million, or 7.1 percent of the population. The data, compiled...
British American Tobacco’s bestselling vape brand Vype is to be ‘integrated’ into its global Vuse brand, the firm has announced. The company says the move will “allow a more cohesive focus on innovation, customer satisfaction and...
One of the UK’s largest vape retailers has launched a ‘Vape Clinic’ service to help more smokers quit. Following over a year when most face-to-face NHS stop smoking services have been unavailable, VPZ says it has...
A new report by the Adam Smith Institute has highlighted a “golden opportunity” for the UK to use harm reduction products reduce smoking rates and improve Britons’ health. The report, written by tobacco harm reduction expert...
UK businesses are being impacted by a ‘Vape Mail’ ban in the US, the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA) has warned. The ban is part of a congressional spending bill passed under former President Trump. By...
The World Health Organization (WHO) is at risk of becoming an ‘enemy of harm-reduction’ if its inaccurate and unscientific treatment of vaping continues, the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA) has warned. In stark language, the UKVIA...
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