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Vaping Surpasses Smoking Among European Youth: WHO
Vaping has surpassed smoking among adolescents in Europe, according to a new report by the World Health Organization.
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Spain Urged to Keep Vape Flavors Legal
The Independent European Vape Alliance (IEVA) has asked Spain to refrain from banning flavored vapes.
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British MPs Alerted to Misinformation
The U.K. Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA) has issued a series of letters to Members of Parliament (MPs) to raise concerns over “misleading, incomplete, unsubstantiated, or incorrect” information, which the group says was presented to the Tobacco and Vapes Bill Committee. ...
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U.S. Vape Market Tops $2.67 Billion
The combined sales of cartridge-based and disposable e-cigarette products to U.S. consumers by nine leading manufacturers increased by approximately $370 million between 2020 and 2021, while the total topped $2.67 billion, according to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) third report on e-cigarette sal...
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Vapers Now More Likely to Quit Cigarettes
Smokers who switch to e-cigarettes are now more likely to stop smoking regular cigarettes, according to a new paper published by Oxford University Press in Nicotine & Tobacco Research. In the past, smokers who began vaping mostly continued smoking....
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Luxembourg to Tax Vapes and Pouches
Luxembourg will start taxing e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches in October, reports RTL Today.
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What are the best retail outlets for selling disposable vapes
Should your shop sell vapes? There are a number of retail outlets that can be effective for selling disposable vapes. We list the top 7 types of retail outlets that can cash in on the booming global disposable vape market. ...
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Protesters Demand End to Mexico’s Vape Ban
Vapers protested in front of Mexico’s Congress of the Union, calling for the country’s vaping ban to be replaced with risk-based regulation. The protest was organized by the World Vapers’ Alliance and All Vape Mexico....
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Consumer Group Against PMTA Registries
U.S. states must recognize the unintended consequences of passing laws requiring premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) registries for alternative nicotine products such as vaping devices, heaters, and nicotine pouches, according to the Consumer Choice Center, an organization claiming to represent ...
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Ireland Prepares Vape Tax
The government of Ireland is working to introduce a tax on e-cigarettes in 2025, reports The government of Ireland is working to introduce a tax on e-cigarettes in 2025, reports The Irish Times. ...
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E-cig Harm Perceptions Worsening: Study
Harm perceptions of e-cigarettes have worsened substantially over the last decade among adult smokers in England, according to a study published by Jama Network Open....
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U.K. Authorities Seized Nearly 10 Tons of Illegal Vapes in 2023
The number of illegal vapes seized at the U.K. border quadrupled last year. Authorities confiscated more than 4.5 million vapes weighing nearly 10 tons over the past 12 months....
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Vaping Altering Senses: Study
Research from the University of Otago shows that a side effect of vaping may be a distaste for “sweet” smells, reports the Otago Daily Times.
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Defending Liberty
The U.K.’s proposed generational tobacco products sales ban was variously described as nuts, insane, ludicrous, mad, illiberal, impractical and petty minded by speakers at a House of Commons reception on Feb. 7. ...
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Sticking to its Guns
The U.K. government believes that vapes comprise an important tool for helping adults quit tobacco smoking, a position its delegation will put forward during COP10, according to Dame Andrea Leadsom, the parliamentary under-secretary of state for health and social care. ...
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Hungary‘s Regulator to Enforce Strict Measures on Tobacco Sales to Minors
Hungary‘s Regulated Activities Supervisory Authority (SZTFH) will impose stricter measures and hefty fines of up to 500 million forints for selling tobacco products to minors online....
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Nicotine Among Fastest Growing Technologies
Nicotine products featured in the IFI Claims Top 10 Fastest Growing Technologies—a ranking reflecting five-year growth rates of patent application classifications. ...
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Number of U.K. Vape Shops Up in 2023
The number of vape shops in the United Kingdom increased significantly last year, according to a reports in The Independent citing a survey by the Local Data Co. (LDC)....
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Ukraine Tobacco Taxes to Match EU’s by 2029
Ukraine will reform its tobacco and fuel excise taxes, gradually introducing excises minimal for the European Union market over the next five years, reports Interfax....
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UK: Government Will Propose Vape Tax in March
After nearly a decade of progressive vaping policy, the British government is likely this year to impose a tax on vaping products for the first time. The Conservative Party-led government believes a tax will dissuade youth from vaping, and also wants to offset lost revenue from eliminating some other taxes....
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